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Podcast: This Matters
Episode: Facebook’s relationship with its own research is complicated
Description: Guest: Will Oremus, tech journalist for the Washington Post It has been a very bad few weeks for Facebook, the world’s largest social network, whose platforms also include Instagram and WhatsApp. Through a number of leaked documents, it became public that Facebook has been aware of the negative effects of its platforms on a number of levels. For instance, use of Instagram is said to have a detrimental effect on the mental health of teenage girls. and also it was reported that human traffickers were using the platform to target and recruit. The company’s own resea...