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Good morning and welcome to kid news.

I'm Kim.

Today is Thursday, September 16, 2021.

And we begin with a brutal new report about a super popular social media app.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Instagram is toxic for teens.

Not only that, but parent company Facebook knows it.

An investigation by the paper found that Facebook's own studies concluded that its Instagram

platform made body image issues worse for one in three teenage girls.

For boys, 14% said the site made them feel worse about themselves in general.

U.S. lawmakers from both parties are demanding answers and say they're working with a whistleblower

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