<story><title>Facebook under fire over secret teen research</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58570353</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>apeace</author><text>A parallel between Facebook and Big Tobacco had never occurred to me until I read this:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; In a move straight out of big tobacco&amp;#x27;s playbook, Facebook downplayed the negative effects of its product and hid this research from the public and even from members of Congress who specifically asked for it&lt;p&gt;What would our world be like if it were illegal to have a social media account until you were 21 years old? Interesting to think about.</text></comment>
<story><title>Facebook under fire over secret teen research</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58570353</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>notyourwork</author><text>Does anyone remember Cosmopolitan and other like magazines. Teenage body issues and associated anxiety are not new. What has happened is we gave everyone internet access so now they can look at pictures of unrealistic bodies all day everywhere they go. The result is body dysmorphia on steroids.</text></comment>