It’s not so much an incident as a trend. I haven’t investigated it myself, but I’ve read lots of people making this claim, citing various studies, etc. See e.g. “The social dilemma” by Tristan Harris.
There’s an academic literature on the subject now which I haven’t read but which you can probably find by googling.
I just did a quick search and found graphs like this:
Presumably not all of the increase in deaths is due to Facebook; presumably it’s multi-causal blah blah blah. But even if Facebook is responsible for a tiny fraction of the increase, that would mean Facebook was responsible for thousands of deaths.
Can I get a link or two to read more about this incident?
It’s not so much an incident as a trend. I haven’t investigated it myself, but I’ve read lots of people making this claim, citing various studies, etc. See e.g. “The social dilemma” by Tristan Harris.
There’s an academic literature on the subject now which I haven’t read but which you can probably find by googling.
I just did a quick search and found graphs like this:
Presumably not all of the increase in deaths is due to Facebook; presumably it’s multi-causal blah blah blah. But even if Facebook is responsible for a tiny fraction of the increase, that would mean Facebook was responsible for thousands of deaths.