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Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by wanderingmagus@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.

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[–] tutus@links.hackliberty.org 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Glad I was sitting down when I read that. Nobody could have predicted that Instagram would only pay lip service to removing harmful content /s

Meta is one of the Evil Corp who is killing people, and destroying lives, through pursuit of profit. It's goal is to frame the health and well-being of people and society to allow advertisers reach a bigger, better and an easier manipulated audience.

I know it's a cliché, and I don't use this often as things have many sides, but I do wonder how people justify this to themselves and what they see when they look in the mirror.