Academics urge Zuckerberg for better research on mental health effects of Facebook
The Hindu
The academics also recommended establishing an independent oversight trust to vet the risks and benefits of social media on children and adolescents.
A coalition of academics from universities around the world have penned an open letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking him to establish better research practices to impact of Facebook’s apps on mental health of children and adolescents.
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The coalition, led by the Oxford Internet Institute, wrote in the letter it believes that the way Meta is studying the mental health of youth falls short of basic standards in mental health science. It added that the studies are misguided and are “doomed to fail” in their present state.
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