Facebook denies 'wilfully' ignoring internal research if findings 'inconvenient for the company'

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It follows Wall Street Journal articles which revealed internal documents, including one which stated: 'We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.'

global affairs team, criticised a series of articles by the Wall Street Journal last week.

The stories were based on internal documents that showed the company knew more about the negative impact of its products than it publicly claimed. The Journal's reportage included revelations that Facebook had itself studied the impact Instagram has on the well-being of teenage girls, quoting one presentation which stated:"We make body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.

But he added:"At the heart of this series is an allegation that is just plain false: that Facebook conducts research and then systematically and wilfully ignores it if the findings are inconvenient for the company.

 

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