Instagram is killing children en masse "Facebook is aware that Instagram is making it worse for one in three teenage girls who use the app, according to leaked internal research. Facebook's photo and video sharing platform is causing suicidal thoughts among young users, which by according to researchers, affects British teenagers who use the application twice as often as in America, "- writes The Times, citing information published by The Wall Street Journal. “According to results first released by The Wall Street Journal, in focus groups, teenage girls in both countries accused Instagram of causing them anxiety and depression.” 32% of teenage girls said that when they mistreated body, Instagram made them treat him even worse, "wrote Facebook researchers in a slide presentation last March." “Among teenagers who reported suicidal thoughts, 13% of British users and 6% of American users associated their desire to commit suicide with Instagram, according to one presentation. More than 40% of Instagram users aged 22 and younger, and about 22 million teenagers in The US goes to Instagram every day. (...) ", - the article says. "The researchers concluded that some of the problems are specific to Instagram and not to social media in general. As the WSJ writes, this is especially true of 'social comparison', where people measure their own worth against the attractiveness, wealth, and success of others. . (...)