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Health. facebook research found 1 and 3 teenage users says instagram contributed to their own body figure and anxiety and depression. >> 13% of british users and 6% of american users trace those taupgts to instagram use. >> in main, it worries how her three nature is affected. >> yes, filters are fun. it could be fun but do not compare yourself. they'll filter images over and over. >> republicans and democrats were united. >> we do not trust you with influencing our children. >> reporter: facebook chose to appear remotely down the street. >> we do this research and making our product better fo...

Thoughts, 13% of british users and 6% of american users traced those thoughts to instagram use. though facebook insists far more teens benefit from the social connections. >> more of them found their engagement on instagram helpful than harmful. >> reporter: but 20-year-old grace park believes the constant instagram posts contributed to her own anxiety and eating disorder in high school. >> everyone else is way skinnier and way prettier and had nicer clothes, and that also sort of hurt my own self-confidence about my own body, which led to me practically starving myself for like a year. >> mak...

Strong criticism of facebook after the company's own research suggested instagram can be harmful to the mental health of teens. here's tom costello. >> reporter: on capitol hill, facebook and its instagram app under blistering bipartisan condemnation. >> facebook knows that its services are actively harming young children. >> how can we or parents or anyone trust facebook? >> have you quantified how many children have taken their own lives because of your products? >> reporter: facebook's head of global safety appearing remotely and on the defensive after "the wall street journal" revealed int...

Facebook is ranked number one on the list of most popular social media platforms in the world, with more than 2.7 billion active monthly users. Vying for second place are YouTube and WhatsApp Messenger with two billion active users each. Close behind are WeChat (1.2 billion), Instagram (1.1 billion) and one of the newest additions to the social media arsenal, TikTok (689 million). In South Africa, of a population of more than 58 million, 36 million are internet users, 22 million of whom are active social media users. There is little doubt that social media are a force affecting the way societ...