Meta gives researchers access to Instagram data for teen mental health study

Serious concerns have been raised about the effect of social media on teenagers' mental well-being. Meta is letting a group of researchers examine some of Instagram's data to determine if social media is psychologically damaging younger users. The Verge reported that the Center for Open Science (COS) is launching a new joint pilot program with Meta to produce independent studies about how social media affects teenagers' mental health. The Instagram Data Access Pilot for Well-Being Research progr...