Big Data, Big Questions: Implications for Competition and Consumers

QuestionBlumenthal asks why Meta misrepresented its Instagram/teen-mental-health research when responding to a Blumenthal/Blackburn letter, why it concealed the research, whether more such research exists, and why the company claimed to be "not aware" of harms it actually knew about.

ResponseSatterfield disputes the "misrepresented" characterization but doesn't rebut the underlying facts, says Meta keeps research confidential to "encourage free and frank discussion," claims not to be aware of other teen-harm research since he personally works on privacy rather than well-being, and says he isn't familiar with the specific letter Blumenthal/Blackburn sent.