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Meta terminology

CWB

Central Well-being

Meta's central well-being organisation, distinct from the per-app teams at Instagram and Facebook. The source document records it blocking Instagram's appearance-comparison metric work - "Central Well-being (CWB) believes that the risks associated with continuing this sensitive-topic metric development outweigh the benefits".

Sources

Internal documentUnsealed internal messages ("these appearance comparisons are made much more frequently on IG vs competitors (including FB)")

Internal documentInstagram Appearance Comparison Decision - A/C PrivUndated