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Margaret Stewart

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"I added some more wording to directly link it to 'problematic use,' but I think most product teams dont understand that this is a euphemism for screen addiction or similar issues."

████: "I added some more wording to directly link it to 'problematic use,' but I think most product teams dont understand that this is a euphemism for screen addiction or …

Margaret Stewart · Jennifer Guadagno and names withheld in filing

Concealment

Addiction & problematic use
Internal documentMessages

"we're talking about actively encouraging young girls into body dysmorphia"

Margaret Stewart: "We are asking for your support to update our policies to: 1. Disallow effects that mimic plastic surgery for first party (FB/IG/MSGR) and third party effects. …

Margaret Stewart · Andrew Bosworth · John Hegeman · Karina Newton · Adam Mosseri and names withheld in filing

Profits over SafetyKnowledge

Body image & eating disorders
Ex. 362, G, 71 · Dkt 2887-30, 3246Read →
Internal documentMessages

Margaret Stewart: "it seems patently obvious that phone usage, selfie-culture, and photo editing are contributing to anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphia... I think we have to assume we are contributors/amplifiers"

Important to note that just because they haven't found evidence of causation doesn't mean that it doesn't exist; they may just not have find the way to detect/measure it. …

Margaret Stewart

Knowledge

Body image & eating disorders
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"there is a lot of competitive pressure and a lot of market demand for filters that go much more directly into the beautification space. And if we test any of these things, they will undoubtedly perform well. But just because people like and want something in the short term doesn't mean it's healthy for them."

Jennifer Guadagno: "I wanted to follow up on the request we chatted about yesterday to understand more about possible effects of using 'body enhancing' filters on people from the …

Jennifer Guadagno · Margaret Stewart

KnowledgeProfits over Safety

Body image & eating disorders
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"Because we are seeing some of our well-being related efforts are effecting teens more disproportionately, we keep recommending this as a potential path. The problem is that soon we'll have several things that we will recommend (as a company) to age-gate and it if we do all of them we'll have a very stripped down version for Teens"

Margaret Stewart: "Some of the things that Schrep wanted to understand:... Any analysis of effects on the business (growth/revenue) that the current restrictions are having" …

Margaret Stewart · Pratiti Raychoudhury · Karina Newton

KnowledgeProfits over Safety

Body image & eating disorders
Internal documentMessages

Zuckerberg (on cosmetic surgery filter ban): "It has always felt paternalistic to me that we've limited people's ability to present themselves in these ways... I'm supportive of... lifting restrictions"

Andy O'Connell: "Mark- Next Thursday we are meeting to decide whether we should continue, modify, or lift the temporary ban on Cosmetic Surgery AR Effects that we instituted in …

Andy O'Connell · Mark Zuckerberg and names withheld in filing

Profits over SafetyKnowledge

Body image & eating disorders