Instagram Knows Platform Lowers Women's Self-Image, Does 'Nothing' About It, Tech Expert Says

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🗓️ 28 September 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Instagram is harmful for users, especially young women, according to research conducted by Facebook. Facebook owns Instagram and recently conducted studies to determine how the platform affects its users. The data reveals that 32% of teen girls who reported feeling bad about their bodies only felt worse after looking at Instagram. What is Instagram doing with that data? “Nothing,” says Kara Frederick, a Heritage Foundation research fellow in technology policy. “What I think is particularly galling is the fact that they are still moving forward with plans to create an Instagram for children under 13 years old,” she adds. Frederick, who is also a former employee of Facebook and helped to create and lead Facebook’s global-security counterterrorism-analysis program, joins the “Problematic Women” podcast to discuss what we now know about Instagram’s effect on users, especially young women, and what the platform should do to mitigate further harm. Frederick also shares a little of her own journey into the field of Big Tech and cybersecurity. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to a brand new Tuesday edition of Problematic Women.
0:12.6	I'm Warren Evans.
0:13.4	And I'm Virginia Allen.
0:15.1	Findings reported by the Wall Street Journal reveal that Instagram is toxic to young people, especially women.
0:22.3	The Heritage Foundation's Research Fellow in Technology Policy, Kara Frederick, joins the show
0:28.5	to explain what we really know about Instagram's influence on young people.
0:33.7	Kara has spent years working in the tech space and even worked for Facebook developing their global security counterterrorism analysis program.
0:42.2	She brings a really unique insight and perspective to the subject of social media.
0:47.0	All right. Let's get to our conversation.
1:10.5	Okay. I am so excited to welcome to problematic women Heritage Foundation research fellow in technology policy, Kara, thanks for being here.
1:11.0	Of course. Anytime, Virginia. I'm so glad that we're making this happen. It's been, I, thanks for being here. Of course.
1:11.8	Any time, Virginia?
1:13.6	I'm so glad that we're making this happen.
1:16.5	It's been, I think, a few months of us trying to nail down a date.
1:18.2	So we're finally here and it's happening.
1:19.1	Definitely.
1:20.5	All right.
1:24.6	Well, you know, you work in the field of technology policy.
1:29.7	You're a regular on Fox News, talking about big tech issues. You actually helped to create and lead Facebook's global security counterterrorism analysis program. You spent
1:36.4	six years as the counterterrorism analyst of the Department of Defense. That's just like a really
1:40.9	fast highlight of your resume. I could just keep going and going and going.
1:48.4	But so tell me a little bit about how you got into this field.
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