Video: Facebook After The Whistleblower (10/6/21)

NDN was pleased to host an extended conversation about what can be done about Facebook and Instagram on Wed, October 6th, 2021. Joining us was Zamaan Qureshi, the co-author of a recent Time Magazine essay, "Instagram Is Doing Grave Harm to Our Generation. We Need Help to Stop It." Zamaan's essay reflects on the recent Wall Street Journal expose, “Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show.” In what is a truly shocking set of revelations reported in this article, it appears internal, hidden Facebook studies have found that Instagram makes “body image issues worse for one in three teen girls.”

You can watch our spirited conversation by following this link.

For more on Zamaan, a very inspiring and courageous thought leader on the future of social media, follow him here on Twitter, watch his appearance on Morning Joe the morning of our event, and review his bio below. 

Our discussion was originally intended to focus on the damage Instagram is doing to the mental and physical health of American teens, but was expanded to look at the full set of issues, Frances Haugen, the Facebook whistleblower, is bringing to light

Zamaan Qureshi is a policy advisor and social media coordinator for the Real Facebook Oversight Board and a researcher for The Citizens where he focuses on Cambridge Analytica. Zamaan is also a privacy advocate, has written for TIME and Byline Times, and has been featured in Newsweek, Forbes, and Cybercrime Magazine for his work exposing Facebook’s data collection on its users. Zamaan is currently pursuing a BA in International Studies and Political Science at American University.