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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms

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Questioner: Cynthia LummisWitness: Antigone Davis

Narrative: ConcealmentNarrative: KnowledgeHarm: Suicide & self-injuryOther Topics: Causality
Q. · Question

Cynthia Lummis

A. · Response

Antigone Davis

QuestionLummis contrasts Zuckerberg's earlier congressional testimony (social apps have "positive mental health benefits") with internal research Facebook allegedly withheld, and asks directly whether Facebook is withholding negative-mental-health-impact studies.

ResponseDavis pushes back that the WSJ reporting was "one sided," cites comparable outside research (Harvard, Pew, Berkeley), and gives the "8 out of 10 report a neutral/positive experience" figure; doesn't directly answer the withholding question.