The social network Facebook contested the investigation carried out by The Wall Street Journal, which claimed that there were at least 360 million users addicted to the platform.
The network, owned by Meta, published a statement where it talks about the approach of its latest report, in which the “problematic uses” of its use were studied, in order to reprimand The Wall Street Journal for an article published in the accusing the company of promoting Internet addiction.
According to this publication and based on the conclusions obtained by the social network founded by Mark Zuckerberg, one in eight registered users on Facebook assures that the compulsive use of social networks affects their sleep, their work or their social relationships.
“We have been studying well-being for more than a decade and we continue to do so. The suggestion that this work concluded in 2019 could not be further from the truth. This is demonstrated by the various investigations that we have published externally since then and our greatest commitment,” the company said in a statement.
On the other hand, they took the opportunity to accuse the media of “selectively choosing internal company documents to present a story that is simply wrong about how we use the investigation to address an important issue.”
K. Tovar
Source: La Hora
