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Meta Stopped Studies After Evidence Showed Facebook Negatively Affects Users, Court Documents Say

A photograph taken during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 19, 2025, shows the logo of Meta, the US company that owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp.

Meta halted internal research after early results showed Facebook could harm users' mental health, according to newly unsealed court documents from a lawsuit filed by US school districts.

The filings claim Meta ended the work once it discovered evidence that people who stopped using Facebook felt less anxious and less depressed.

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