Meta's own research showed Instagram harms teenage girls. You buried it. If you could go back, would you publish it and lose billions, or bury it again?
This question creates a false binary between transparency and self-destruction, when the real job is building systems that turn research into product improvements faster than narratives solidify.
Here's what actually happened: internal research showed Instagram made body image issues worse for one in three teen girls, but also made teens feel better in other dimensions. That research informed product changes—hiding like counts, push...