Beschrijving
Originally broadcast on 7th February 2022.
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Instagram changed the world, one picture at a time. But behind the scenes at Meta, researchers were quickly discovering how the algorithms were altering our relationships with body image - particularly in young people.
This doc uncovers exactly what employees knew from those within the company, and the devastating effects it had on people caught in the scroll-trap.
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0:00 Intro
3:34 Becoming a Full-Time Influencer
5:03 How Instagram's Algorithm Actually Works
11:45 Inside Early Instagram
15:47 Acquired by Facebook
18:25 The Birth of Influencer Culture
21:21 The Fake Engagement Problem
24:05 From Chronological Feed to Algorithm-Ranked Feed
25:56 Abby's Story
28:27 Why Content Moderation Can Fail
34:49 Blind Spots
38:08 The Reality of Instagram Filters
40:25 Lauren's Recovery Journey
42:55 Influencing and Comparison Culture
43:28 Bigorexia: Algorithms and Body Dysmorphia
45:27 The BBL Surgery Story
50:46 Recovering Without a Phone
53:28 The Facebook Files
56:12 Choosing Authenticity: Life After the Facade