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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms
Questioner: Richard BlumenthalWitness: Antigone Davis
Narrative: ConcealmentNarrative: KnowledgeHarm: Body image & eating disordersHarm: Suicide & self-injuryDesign feature: Content Algorithm
Q. · Question
Richard Blumenthal
A. · Response
Antigone Davis
QuestionCiting Molly Russell's death and an internal April 2021 document quoting a Facebook engineer saying "no one has decided to dial into eating disorders," Blumenthal says Facebook knowingly let its recommendation system push users toward eating-disorder/self-harm content.
ResponseDavis lists existing mitigations (suicide-prevention partnerships since 2006, eating-disorder reporting flow, resource pop-ups) without directly addressing the "no one has decided to dial into eating disorders" internal quote.
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- Ex. 119 · Dkt 2885-47 · 26 Mar 2026 · CourtListener (opens in new tab)
- Ex. 101 · Dkt 3029-5 · 8 May 2026 · CourtListener (opens in new tab)