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Wendy Gross

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"i know, it's pretty dispiriting to think about. and the fact that we have no idea what the long-term effects will be for this generation that has grown up comparing themself to something that's...totally fake"

Elizabeth Crenshaw: "some flags for this crew: *MIT Tech Review piece on beauty filters* -- it's not a great piece and does a lot of speculating about the long-term impacts of …

Elizabeth Crenshaw and names withheld in filing

KnowledgeProfits over Safety

Body image & eating disorders
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"I... dont know how they get it this wrong... Like just answer their actual question. They know you think the research is shit but in this area theres also external research. And 1 in 3 or 1 in 5 makes no difference when they are asking you what you did about that 1."

Shilpa Mody: "Btw did either of you watch any of the hearing?" Shruti Bhutada: "One senator asked about our findings (looked like they had Moira and Justin's data from Dec 2020? …

Shilpa Mody · Shruti Bhutada · Wendy Gross

KnowledgeConcealment

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"(1) teens feel addicted to IG and feel a pressure to be present, (2) like addicts, they feel that they are unable to stop themselves from being on IG, and (3) the tools we currently have aren't effective at limiting their time on the ap[p]"

Wendy Gross: "The feedback, essentially, is that (1) teens feel addicted to IG and feel a pressure to be present, (2) like addicts, they feel that they are unable to stop …

Wendy Gross and names withheld in filing

KnowledgeConcealment

Addiction & problematic use