“Those who leave Facebook are less depressed and anxious”: the results of an internal research that the social network interrupted and hid

Social networks are tools for sociability and sharing… which are misused more and more often, causing damage to mental health, demonstrated in detail by numerous scientific studies. In this case, an American law firm denounced META for covering up the report (see link) and deciding not to promote changes to the algorithm or other features.

The episode demonstrates, together with all the previous ones, that the world of social networks should be completely rethought… in the meantime, however, individual users can be made aware of the risks and helped to prevent them. As a doctor, I’m trying!

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