The Model Room · MR-038
SHE PRESENTED TO SEVENTEEN EXECUTIVES. THEY THANKED HER FOR THE RESEARCH. THE PRODUCT SHIPPED UNCHANGED.
The model built by a data scientist at StreamCore aimed to make social media safer for teenage girls but led to a 22% increase in body dissatisfaction. Despite presenting this alarming finding to top executives, the company pushed forward without addressing the algorithm's harmful effects.
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