這個(gè)月,吹哨人弗蘭西斯·豪根公開指控社交媒體巨頭Facebook將利潤置于人的利益之上,從此之后,爆料源源不斷。雖然年輕用戶是尤其容易受到相關(guān)危害的群體,但數(shù)據(jù)顯示,現(xiàn)在的青少年并不像以前那么愛用Facebook了。
從上周五開始,多家新聞機(jī)構(gòu)根據(jù)豪根和其他Facebook員工提供的文件發(fā)布了多篇報(bào)道,報(bào)道稱,這家公司不僅隱瞞其產(chǎn)品對青少年和公眾的潛在危害,還允許用戶在其社交平臺上發(fā)布各種有害信息,包括涉恐信息、毒品銷售、虛假信息等等。此外,泄露的文件顯示,F(xiàn)acebook可能對投資者隱瞞了各類系統(tǒng)性問題給公司帶來的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)水平。
“Facebook內(nèi)部做出的選擇,”豪根說,“對我們的孩子、我們的隱私和我們的民主都是災(zāi)難性的?!?/p>
然而,根據(jù)本月早些時(shí)候Taking Stock With Teens發(fā)布的最新調(diào)查,只有2%的青少年將Facebook作為自己最愛用的社交媒體平臺。事實(shí)上,F(xiàn)acebook的統(tǒng)治地位一直在持續(xù)下降。青少年使用Facebook的比例從2016年春季的約60%每月持續(xù)下降,降至2021年秋季的27%。根據(jù)派珀·桑德勒(Piper Sandler)的數(shù)據(jù),青少年平均每天花費(fèi)在各種社交媒體上的時(shí)間總計(jì)為4.2個(gè)小時(shí)。
泄露的文件也顯示,F(xiàn)acebook自己的研究似乎證實(shí)了這一點(diǎn):美國青少年花在Facebook上的時(shí)間同比下降了16%,新注冊的年輕人也越來越少。
Facebook旗下的Instagram仍然是青少年花最多時(shí)間的平臺。而被曝光的2020年3月Facebook的內(nèi)部研究顯示,在深陷形象焦慮的十幾歲女孩中,32%的人認(rèn)為Instagram讓她們的負(fù)面感受更嚴(yán)重,長時(shí)間使用Instagram的問題或許需要引起重視。
根據(jù)派珀·桑德勒對美國44個(gè)州1萬名青少年的調(diào)查,超過80%的青少年每月至少使用一次Instagram。參與調(diào)查者的平均年齡為15.8歲。
然而,一些研究人員表示,F(xiàn)acebook內(nèi)部研究中關(guān)于其可能對青少年造成的傷害并不能說明一切——尤其因?yàn)?,它的研究?shù)據(jù)取自非常小范圍的參與群體,而且高度依賴自行提交的數(shù)據(jù)。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:Agatha
這個(gè)月,吹哨人弗蘭西斯·豪根公開指控社交媒體巨頭Facebook將利潤置于人的利益之上,從此之后,爆料源源不斷。雖然年輕用戶是尤其容易受到相關(guān)危害的群體,但數(shù)據(jù)顯示,現(xiàn)在的青少年并不像以前那么愛用Facebook了。
從上周五開始,多家新聞機(jī)構(gòu)根據(jù)豪根和其他Facebook員工提供的文件發(fā)布了多篇報(bào)道,報(bào)道稱,這家公司不僅隱瞞其產(chǎn)品對青少年和公眾的潛在危害,還允許用戶在其社交平臺上發(fā)布各種有害信息,包括涉恐信息、毒品銷售、虛假信息等等。此外,泄露的文件顯示,F(xiàn)acebook可能對投資者隱瞞了各類系統(tǒng)性問題給公司帶來的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)水平。
“Facebook內(nèi)部做出的選擇,”豪根說,“對我們的孩子、我們的隱私和我們的民主都是災(zāi)難性的?!?/p>
然而,根據(jù)本月早些時(shí)候Taking Stock With Teens發(fā)布的最新調(diào)查,只有2%的青少年將Facebook作為自己最愛用的社交媒體平臺。事實(shí)上,F(xiàn)acebook的統(tǒng)治地位一直在持續(xù)下降。青少年使用Facebook的比例從2016年春季的約60%每月持續(xù)下降,降至2021年秋季的27%。根據(jù)派珀·桑德勒(Piper Sandler)的數(shù)據(jù),青少年平均每天花費(fèi)在各種社交媒體上的時(shí)間總計(jì)為4.2個(gè)小時(shí)。
泄露的文件也顯示,F(xiàn)acebook自己的研究似乎證實(shí)了這一點(diǎn):美國青少年花在Facebook上的時(shí)間同比下降了16%,新注冊的年輕人也越來越少。
Facebook旗下的Instagram仍然是青少年花最多時(shí)間的平臺。而被曝光的2020年3月Facebook的內(nèi)部研究顯示,在深陷形象焦慮的十幾歲女孩中,32%的人認(rèn)為Instagram讓她們的負(fù)面感受更嚴(yán)重,長時(shí)間使用Instagram的問題或許需要引起重視。
根據(jù)派珀·桑德勒對美國44個(gè)州1萬名青少年的調(diào)查,超過80%的青少年每月至少使用一次Instagram。參與調(diào)查者的平均年齡為15.8歲。
然而,一些研究人員表示,F(xiàn)acebook內(nèi)部研究中關(guān)于其可能對青少年造成的傷害并不能說明一切——尤其因?yàn)?,它的研究?shù)據(jù)取自非常小范圍的參與群體,而且高度依賴自行提交的數(shù)據(jù)。(財(cái)富中文網(wǎng))
譯者:Agatha
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen went public earlier this month with allegations that the social media giant prioritized profits over people—and the revelations keep coming. And while younger users may be particularly vulnerable, data shows that teens don't care about Facebook as much as previously.
Starting Friday, a consortium of news outlets have published a number of reports based on documents provided by Haugen and other Facebook employees portraying a company that not only hid around how potentially damaging its products are to teens and the public at large, but also permitted everything from terrorist content and drug sales to misinformation on its platforms. Additionally, the leaked documents reveal that Facebook may have kept investors in the dark on the level of risk various systemic problems posed for the company.
“The choices being made inside of Facebook,” Haugen said, are “disastrous for our children, our privacy, and our democracy.”
Yet only 2% of teens rate Facebook as their favorite social media platform, according to the latest Taking Stock With Teens survey released earlier this month. In fact, Facebook’s reign continues to decline. Facebook usage among teens has dropped from about 60% using it at least once a month in spring of 2016 to 27% of those surveyed using it monthly in fall 2021. Overall, Piper Sandler found that teens spend an average of 4.2 hours per day on social media.
Facebook’s own research, based on the leaked documents, seems to confirm this: The time U.S. teens spend on Facebook was down 16% year over year, and fewer young adults are signing up for the platform.
Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, remains the platform where teens spend the most time. And that could be troubling considering that the leaks revealed Facebook internal research from March 2020 found that of teen girls suffering from negative body images, 32% of felt Instagram made them feel worse.
More than eight in 10 teens reported using Instagram at least once a month, according to Piper Sandler’s survey of 10,000 teens across 44 U.S. states. The average aged participant was 15.8 years old.
Some researchers, however, say that Facebook’s internal research around its potential to cause harm to teens may not tell the whole story—especially since it was based on such a small subset of participants and relied on self-reported data.