Meg Marco

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the very popular netflix program is alarming — PolitiTweet.org

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i am demanding that the people here watch the very popular netflix program with me because i can no longer even open @vogue's newsletter without encountering content about the very popular netflix program — PolitiTweet.org

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https://t.co/hTfNQVo28c — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ylichterman: Thinking about this old Chartbeat report about what happened when FB went down for 45 min in 2018: "According to our data,… — PolitiTweet.org

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"several different domain registration companies listed the domain https://t.co/eDj9TM4GU9 as up for sale. There’s no reason to believe this domain will actually be sold as a result" ⁦🪑 https://t.co/0OBjA88W1M — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sheeraf: Was just on phone with someone who works for FB who described employees unable to enter buildings this morning to begin to eva… — PolitiTweet.org

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the dog is disappointed in belichick https://t.co/9UZ3WegsxI — PolitiTweet.org

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Ew do not borrow a pencil from bill belichick #SNF — PolitiTweet.org

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no — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FrancesHaugen_: I believe that we can do better. — PolitiTweet.org

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“It’s one thing to study misinformation, it’s another to lose someone to it,” she said. “A lot of people who work on these products only see the positive side of things.” https://t.co/EAS5qa7nXs — PolitiTweet.org

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hello ✨ — PolitiTweet.org

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hell of a year for 'troves' #PandoraPapers #FacebookFiles #SecretIRSFiles — PolitiTweet.org

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@JeffHorwitz I think maybe I don't watch TV because I didn't know this sort of excellence was possible? — PolitiTweet.org

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this is correct. you have to wash your hands. who cleans the air? — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's my full story. Thank you for reading this. I appreciate it. https://t.co/0aIm9g9gMo — PolitiTweet.org

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“They just messed around on their own Instagram account for seven minutes,” Engeln said. “And that was enough.” — PolitiTweet.org

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What else do they know? Well, a study done by Engeln's lab found that Instagram may be uniquely harmful to body image. When study subjects used Instagram (but not Facebook) it led to a significant decrease in body satisfaction — in only seven minutes. https://t.co/NnALbdIf5K — PolitiTweet.org

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“I know there are scientists working at Facebook and Instagram,” said Engeln, “We have people who’ve gotten PhDs from our department who work there. I know they have good scientists, so I know that they knew this stuff already.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Engeln wasn't buying it. "When I see people downplay a report like this, I want to know how many people produced the report...I want you to add up all those hours, and how much those people are paid, and then tell me you didn’t think it was a big deal.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Testifying at a Senate hearing, Facebook's global head of safety said that the company believes that Instagram helps more teens than it harms, and Instagram's head of research issued a statement downplaying the rigor of the research. — PolitiTweet.org

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"When a whole generation of girls spends a significant amount of time hating what they see in a mirror, that’s a mental health issue, even if they don’t meet the diagnostic criteria for a mental disorder," she said. — PolitiTweet.org

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She told me, based on viewing the report, that Facebook is underestimating the severity of eating disorders. At the same time, Engeln said Facebook was also missing the larger point — the overall effect that Instagram has on its users. — PolitiTweet.org

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And yet "eating disorders" ARE deadly. I sent the leaked report to Professor Renee Engeln. She runs the Body and Media lab at @NorthwesternU. “We’ve known all this forever,” she said immediately after picking up the phone. “They’ve known this forever, too.” — PolitiTweet.org

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It is difficult to imagine a researcher at a tech company presenting a rainbow colored “downward spiral” that ends with amphetamine abuse before moving on to design recommendations that include implementing more “fun” photo filters and experimenting with “mindfulness breaks.” — PolitiTweet.org

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The result, according to Facebook, is that “aspects of Instagram exacerbate each other to create a perfect storm" and "mental health outcomes related to this can be severe.” Below this headline, in bright red text, is a list of the outcomes. The first is “eating disorders.” https://t.co/PuVuHkfb4n — PolitiTweet.org

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In a presentation leaked to @wsj Facebook mapped out — in the Instagram corporate color palate — the “downward spiral” that is both triggered and “exacerbated” by use of Instagram. https://t.co/jvwrGFoyG5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Eating disorders are deadly. A meta study of all-cause mortality of mental disorders conducted in 2014 found that anorexia nervosa specifically was associated with a higher mortality rate than alcohol use disorder. Only opioid use was significantly more deadly. — PolitiTweet.org

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I wrote about the leaked internal document where Facebook researchers conclude that the use of the company's Instagram product is related to "mental health outcomes that can be severe." THREAD 👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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out of office https://t.co/kCL0zYlR6z — PolitiTweet.org