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Instagram actively helping to spread of self-harm among teenagers, study suggests
Researchers say parent company Meta is failing to remove explicit images on the social media site
Speaking to the Observer, Ask Hesby Holm, chief executive of Digitalt Ansvar, said the company was shocked by the results, having thought that, as the images it shared increased in severity, they would set off alarm bells on the platform. Psychologist Lotte Rubæk left a global expert group after accusing Meta of ‘turning a blind eye’ to harmful Instagram content. Rubæk said Meta’s failure to remove images of self-harm from its platforms was “triggering” vulnerable young women and girls to further harm themselves and contributing to rising suicide figures.
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