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I'm quitting Instagram. You should too | Mark Zuckerberg's horrible changes for Instagram — and Facebook — have become untenable, writes Lennon Torres.

Mark Zuckerberg's horrible changes for Instagram — and Facebook — have become untenable, writes Lennon Torres.

I felt the room lift behind me as bereaved parents held up photos of their dead kids, lost to suicide or exploitation following exposure to Zuckerberg's online platforms. Meta's decision to end its fact-checking program and ease content moderation will only add to the increase in harmful behaviors, including harassment and hate speech, especially if Zuckerberg implements something similar to X’s community notes. It is so clear to me that the young and wild toxic relationship of my youth was not with a romantic partner or friend, but with Mark Zuckerberg and the products he has built to imprison and profit off of our attention.

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