From the headlines: Meta x Mental health, gender-based harassment, AI-powered therapy
From the headlines: Meta x Mental health, gender-based harassment, AI-powered therapy
Our weekly round-up of the latest media coverage of psychology and mental health research
Meta x Mental health
The giant tech conglomerate is finally letting (some) mental health researchers access Instagram data
The resulting studies could provide insights into the impact of social media on wellbeing
Instagram has previously been scrutinised for damaging young people’s mental health
Read more:
https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/17/24200579/meta-instagram-researchers-study-teen-mental-health
https://www.cos.io/about/news/meta-and-cos-open-request-for-proposals
AI-powered therapy
AI chatbots are increasingly being used as tools for users with mental health struggles with pros and cons
These tools could improve the accessibility of mental health support and relieve strained services
The use of AI in talking therapies may raise concerns over ethics, user privacy, and AI’s (currently) limited empathy abilities
Read more:
Imane Khelif: “I am a woman”
The boxer, who won Olympic gold in Paris, was subject to intense online abuse over her gender eligibility to compete
Khelif was assigned female at birth and has never identified as anything other than cis-female.
The scrutiny has negatively impacted her mental health
Legal action was filed against X over “gender-based cyber harassment”
Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/imane-khelif-ap-paris-french-algerian-b2596142.html