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Nell McCarthy

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Internal documentMessages

"I would be strongly supportive of the pause on approving beautification effects into the Spark AR platform while that review is underway. We are in a very bad place attempting to defend this, especially for young teenage girls who are the primary audience of these filters"

Elisabeth Diana: "Karina - what can we do to address this more bluntly than just playing whack a mole? I'm worried about this …

Elisabeth Diana · Karina Newton and an unnamed employee

KnowledgeConcealment

Body image & eating disorders
Internal documentMessages

"It struck me that the bottom line is that IG is violating our policies — not users! IG is choosing to display images in a violating way for any policy area where the caption matters. We have to build a system of labeling images as 'caption-dependent' for topics like hate, violence, bullying, SSI so that we can avoid search results."

Monika Bickert: "Yes, the policies are that we allow cries for help (often called admission or ideation) but don't allow celebration or encouragement of self-harm. …

Monika Bickert and names withheld in filing

KnowledgeConcealment

Suicide & self-injury
Internal documentMessages

"I would urge us to think again about why we are allowing [SSI] imagery to stay up – it is truly horrific and our clients, especially those that are parents are finding it very difficult to square."

Steve Hatch: "TLDR: We have seen a slowdown in spend immediately following the BBC report though to date no major advertiser has pulled all spend or taken a negative public …

Steve Hatch · Nicola Mendelsohn · Sheryl Sandberg

KnowledgeProfits over Safety

Suicide & self-injury