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Protecting Kids Online: Facebook Instagram and Mental Health Harms

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Questioner: Dan SullivanWitness: Antigone Davis

Narrative: KnowledgeHarm: Suicide & self-injuryHarm: Body image & eating disordersDesign feature: Content AlgorithmInitiative: Take a BreakOther Topics: Causality
Q. · Question

Dan Sullivan

A. · Response

Antigone Davis

QuestionSullivan asks directly whether Davis was aware of the teen-suicide-statistics research, then challenges her framing that Instagram use "helps" more than harms, calling it "quite remarkable" and pressing for actual evidence.

ResponseDavis confirms awareness of teen mental health issues, repeats the "11 of 12 issues, more teens found it helpful than harmful" framing, stresses the research is not causal, and again describes the "take a break" and "nudging" features.