Meta showing "indifference"!? Ex-psychological consultant!?
 Psychologists quit after accusing the company of showing "indifference" to harmful content on Instagram. A prominent psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit after accusing the company of being "insensitive" to harmful content on Instagram. This issue is being discussed internationally. Do you know what Lotte Rubæk, a psychologist who has been on Meta's global expert team for over three years, has to say about the technology company Meta? Failed to remove self-harming scenes from its social media platforms. This encourages vulnerable young women and girls to self-harm and contributes to rising suicide rates.
Speaking openly about her disappointment with Meta, Lotte Ruback resigned from the board of psychologists, citing the company's apparent unwillingness to change its policies. Shee said that she did not take it.In her resignation letter, Lotte Ruback wrote: "She can no longer be part of META's SSI Expert Group because she has lost faith that her voice on your site regarding the safety of children and youth will have a truly positive impact..." From the outside it looks like Meta cares, they have a lot of expert teams, but behind the scenes, the company works with the idea of not giving too much priority, said Lotte Rubeck in an interview with the Observer newspaper. In an interview with the Observer, Lotte Ruback revealed that the company internally calculates many benefits, including how to keep users on the site and how to monetize them by keeping them on the screen longer, collecting data, or selling data.Responding to Ruback's allegations, a Meta spokesperson said, “Suicide and self-harm are complex issues and we take them very seriously. We have worked in consultation with safety experts for years, including those on our company's Suicide and Self-Harm Advisory Group. Their feedback has helped us make significant progress in these matters,” she said. "Many of the updates we made after in-depth discussions with our consultants are important. Among them, we will hide that content from teens, even if a follower of theirs shares content discussing suicide and self-harm, which we recently announced," the company said.
New research from Ofcom, published last week, found that children in the UK cannot avoid violent content online. Following this, Lotte Ruback's warning is gaining attention. instagram is among the top apps mentioned by interviewees in this study.