<description> &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Taylor Little was 11 years old when they lied about their age to sign up for Instagram. Now, 13 years later, they&amp;rsquo;re one of thousands of people suing the company, accusing Instagram of purposely addicting them as a child and driving them to years of mental health struggles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Taylor takes Brian inside their dark and twisted experience with the app. They say it all started with a suggestion Instagram sent them to visit an account they didn&amp;rsquo;t follow, which they developed a morbid fascination with.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Who bears responsibility for what happened to Taylor? Is it Instagram? The users who posted the content that consumed them? Their mom?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Today&amp;rsquo;s show deals with issues of self harm and suicide. If you or someone you know are struggling with these issues, call the &lt;a href="https://988lifeline.org/"&gt;Suicide &amp;amp; Crisis Lifeline&lt;/a&gt; at 988.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Question Everything is a production of &lt;a href="http://www.kcrw.org"&gt;KCRW&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.placementtheory.com"&gt;Placement Theory&lt;/a&gt;. And don&amp;rsquo;t forget to sign up for our &lt;a href="http://questioneverything.substack.com"&gt;newsletter&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Guests:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" role="presentation"&gt;Taylor Little, plaintiff in social media trial&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;Please support the organizations that support this show:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.lmu.edu/"&gt;Loyola Marymount University&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;If you&amp;rsquo;re interested in Fabric by Gerber Life go to &lt;a href="https://meetfabric.com/QUESTION"&gt;https://meetfabric.com/QUESTION&lt;/a&gt; and apply today, risk-free.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;Get 15% off OneSkin with the code QUESTION at &lt;a href="https://www.oneskin.co/QUESTION"&gt;https://www.oneskin.co/QUESTION&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; #oneskinpod&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li dir="ltr"&gt;Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms. Go to &lt;a href="groundnews.com/QUESTION"&gt;groundnews.com/QUESTION &lt;/a&gt;to get 40% off the unlimited Vantage plan. &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; </description>

Question Everything

Brian Reed

I Was 11 When Instagram Took Over My Life

APR 9, 202642 MIN
Question Everything

I Was 11 When Instagram Took Over My Life

APR 9, 202642 MIN

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<p dir="ltr">Taylor Little was 11 years old when they lied about their age to sign up for Instagram. Now, 13 years later, they&rsquo;re one of thousands of people suing the company, accusing Instagram of purposely addicting them as a child and driving them to years of mental health struggles.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Taylor takes Brian inside their dark and twisted experience with the app. They say it all started with a suggestion Instagram sent them to visit an account they didn&rsquo;t follow, which they developed a morbid fascination with.</p> <p dir="ltr">Who bears responsibility for what happened to Taylor? Is it Instagram? The users who posted the content that consumed them? Their mom?&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Today&rsquo;s show deals with issues of self harm and suicide. If you or someone you know are struggling with these issues, call the <a href="https://988lifeline.org/">Suicide &amp; Crisis Lifeline</a> at 988.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr">Question Everything is a production of <a href="http://www.kcrw.org">KCRW</a> and <a href="http://www.placementtheory.com">Placement Theory</a>. And don&rsquo;t forget to sign up for our <a href="http://questioneverything.substack.com">newsletter</a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">Guests:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Taylor Little, plaintiff in social media trial</p> </li> </ul> <p dir="ltr">Please support the organizations that support this show:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.lmu.edu/">Loyola Marymount University</a></li> <li dir="ltr">If you&rsquo;re interested in Fabric by Gerber Life go to <a href="https://meetfabric.com/QUESTION">https://meetfabric.com/QUESTION</a> and apply today, risk-free.</li> <li dir="ltr">Get 15% off OneSkin with the code QUESTION at <a href="https://www.oneskin.co/QUESTION">https://www.oneskin.co/QUESTION</a>&nbsp; #oneskinpod</li> <li dir="ltr">Ground News is a platform that makes it easy to compare news sources, read between the lines of media bias and break free from algorithms. Go to <a href="groundnews.com/QUESTION">groundnews.com/QUESTION </a>to get 40% off the unlimited Vantage plan. <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </li> </ul>