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Friend,
Is Instagram fueling eating disorders in teenagers? Does TikTok harm your mental health? Are Facebook groups encouraging people to take part in offline violence?
The answer is… we don’t know for sure. And that’s a serious problem.
Brave, independent researchers and whistleblowers are trying to study the impact and harms of social media companies on society - but they face constant threats and roadblocks, especially from the companies whose products they are trying to scrutinize. We know because Mozilla works with many of these journalists and academics to expose companies like YouTube, Twitter and TikTok.
Hear for yourself what these leading researchers and technology experts in Mozilla’s short 12-minute documentary “Unknown Influence” have to say:
We need policymakers to act so that researchers are given the access they need to investigate the impact of big social media companies like Facebook. Will you spread awareness and share the documentary on Twitter?
Despite investigating the platforms repeatedly over the years, we learned a lot from interviewing the researchers on the frontlines about what’s at stake, and hope you did too.
Sincerely,
Mozilla
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