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1 in 8 Facebook users engaged in compulsive use of social media: Report

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Facebook addiction is hurting sleep, work, relationships and parenting for about 360 million users. Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has denied the report calling it the "problematic use of its platform"

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"Problematic use does not equal addiction," Meta said in response to the Wall Street Journal report. Photo: AFP.

"Problematic use does not equal addiction," Meta said in response to the Wall Street Journal report. Photo: AFP.

Facebook addiction is hurting sleep, work, relationships and parenting for about 12.5 per cent of users (nearly 360 million), according to the company's internal documents seen by the media.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Facebook researchers have found that 1 in 8 of its users report are engaged in compulsive use of social media.

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