Facebook reportedly is aware of the level of ‘problematic use’ among its users
More leaked documents suggest Facebook is aware of its problems | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook's own internal research found 1 in 8 of its users reported compulsive social media use that interfered with their sleep, work, and relationships- what the social media platform calls problematic use" but is more commonly known as internet addiction," the Wall Street Journal reported.
The social media platform had a team focused on user well-being, which suggested ways to curb problematic use, some of which were put into place. But the company shut down the team in 2019, according to the WSJ.
Pratiti Raychoudhury, a vice president of research for Meta, Facebook's new parent company, writes in a blog post that the WSJ misrepresented the research (a claim the company has made about some of the other articles the WSJ has...