Do you have kids; keep them away from Facebook

The Wall Street Journal he published the latest research in the "The Facebook Files" series, which refers to the company's efforts to attract young children to the platform.

The internal documents it released reveal that Facebook created a special to study the children and discover ways in which revenue could be generated.

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One such document refers to children aged 10 to 12 ("tweens") and describes them as a "valuable but untapped audience". Another suggests the "use of playdates" as a means to "grow" Facebook.

Another document dated March 2021, states that Facebook faces “global teens" and warns that the "acquisition" of teen users "seems to be slowing down".

Internally, Facebook expects its teen audience to shrink by an additional 45% by 2023.

The profitable Facebook ads derives almost all of the profit from the diffuse των χρηστών του, αλλά και από την συλλογή των δεδομένων τους. Τα δεδομένα αυτά, τα χρησιμοποιεί για τη δημιουργία προφίλ συμπεριφοράς που χρησιμοποιούνται για τη “μικρο-στόχευση” διαφημίσεων και την μέτρηση της αποτελεσματικότητάς τους.

In America, a federal law prohibits the collection of data from children under the age of 13, but Facebook appears to be looking for ways to get kids to adopt the of.

Another Facebook document cited by the Wall Street Journal states that children "go online from the age of six". "Imagine a Facebook experience designed like this."

Αυτή την εβδομάδα, το Facebook δήλωσε ότι σταματά τις προσπάθειες να κυκλοφορήσει την εφαρμογή-υπηρεσία “ Kids.”

A Wall Street Journal study found that Facebook knew that Instagram had a negative effect on the mental health of some teenage users.

"We are causing problems in of body image in one in three teenage girls,” the study said, also noting that some teenage girls had suicidal thoughts on the platform. Facebook later claimed that the research was misleading and that the findings only included "teenagers who told us they were struggling with body image and reported that using Instagram made them feel worse".

Η συγκεκριμένη δημοσίευση όμως οδήγησε τους Δημοκρατικούς νομοθέτες να καλέσουν τον CEO Mark to stop the Instagram Kids project, stating that the app "poses a significant threat to the well-being of young people".

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