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2 of 4 in Instagram teens

2020 / 2021

Whether to stop the research

history off

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Facebook · 2021

Statements on studying well-being

Facebook said it studies hard questions because it is committed to understanding them — the existence of the research offered as proof of care.

A company that cites its research as virtue and then debates ending the research is managing the file, not the harm. History-off can be a pause button.

The tell · The honest tell is not a deleted deck. It is a meeting about whether to keep looking.

How this became public: Facebook Files / FBarchive.

Keyboard: J / K or ← / → to move. S for sources. Esc leaves the pair.

Where this came fromSources (S)

Pipe: Whistleblower. Facebook Files / FBarchive.

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Facebook, public research posture

2021 · Statements on studying well-being

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Facebook staff, as reported from Workplace and email, research and policy

circa 2020-2021 · Internal discussion after teen findings

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