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Should Facebook be held partially responsible?

Asked by seawulf575 (16669points) May 26th, 2019

suicide rates among young people, particularly girls, has escalated in the past 20 years. This link shows a graph of suicide rates among adolescent girls.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/22/474888854/suicide-rates-climb-in-u-s-especially-among-adolescent-girls

Facebook went live on the internet in 2005 which coincides with a sharp upturn in this suicide rate. Cyber shaming and cyber bullying increased exponentially with the advent of social media. Should Facebook be held at least partially responsible for this trend? If so, what should be done about it?

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