Despite its continual bad press for privacy concerns and alleged ability to influence real-world politics, Facebook remains the most popular social network worldwide. Users just can’t seem to let go of Facebook, even though, according to a huge recent study by Stanford University, it’s also having a detrimental impact on our health.
It’s long been speculated that social media, in general, has had a negative effect on our mental wellbeing. Various studies have pointed towards how it can lead to increases in depression, eating disorders, low self-esteem and anxiety. However, most of the academic work out there has been based on small scale studies, while a lot of perceived evidence from outside academia has been anecdotal.
https://siepr.stanford.edu/news/drop-facebook
https://tech.co/news/facebook-bad-stanford-study-2019-02
http://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/facebook.pdf
