Facebook’s popular photo-sharing application, Instagram, is toxic for teenagers, which results in anxiety and even suicide in some cases. Facebook internal documents confirm that 32% of teen girls feel bad about their bodies,’ which is worse for one in three teen girls.
- Over 40% of users feel ‘unattractive’ in the U.S. and U.K.
- Facebook studied the harmful effects of Instagram for 3 years, affecting millions of teenagers, and they knew for a while but chose not to share it with the public.
- 14% of teenage boys, too, are being harmed by Instagram in the U.S.
- 13% of British users and 6% of American users said teens reported suicidal thoughts
When prominent influencers step onto the platform, the overall downloads and views go through rapid growth, and now Instagram is one of the platforms for influencer earnings. But, apart from its benefits, some specific disadvantages are eagerly influencing teen users to do unwanted activities. In response, U.S. lawmakers appealed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to launch a particular app, Instagram Kids, for teen users.
Senators have also raised concerns about social media and its impact on children in the letter. Moreover, the CEO still needs to give a reply. Yet, before getting a reply, let’s look at how Instagram harms teen users. Meanwhile, this article will discuss more about U.S. lawmakers who appealed to the Facebook CEO not to launch Instagram Kids. Here’s the reason for it.
Former U.S. lawmakers called on the Facebook CEO to ditch plans to launch Instagram Kids.
As we mentioned above, Instagram is now a considerable advertising area worldwide, but apart from this, it has some negative impacts as it allows teen users to surf on it. And this mistake indirectly leads to harming teen users. However, if we talk about the specific negative impacts, which are primarily suicide. For this, former U.S. lawmakers appealed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to launch an Instagram Kids app for these teen users.
Facebook is the parent company of Instagram, and the CEO of Facebook is responsible for following the instructions of former U.S. lawmakers. But, a reply has yet to be received from the Facebook CEO. Moreover, we expect that he will make a favorable decision regarding this.