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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

Is Meta acting in good faith in its attempts to curtail the spread of self-harm content to teenagers?

Rather than take Meta at their word, Danish researchers set up their own self-harm network, & ratcheted up the explicitness of the content to see at what point Meta would start taking the images down....

guess what; all Meta's algorithm did was to amplify & spread the messages/posts.

So, can we trust Meta with children's wellbeing; most certainly not!


theguardian.com/technology/202

The Guardian · Instagram actively helping spread of self-harm among teenagers, study findsBy Miranda Bryant