this year s tokyo olympics. this is according to a study by world athletics. it looked at the deluge of disturbing abuse on twitter as female athletes were subjected to sexist, racist, transphobic, and homophobic remarks, plus unfounded doping accusations. many of these posts warranted intervention from social media platforms. and the online abuse of female olympians is just one reason many have been criticizing social media platforms. a facebook whistleblower you ll remember is asking congress to step in and do something, and n then just last week a bipartisan group of ten states attorneys general launched an investigation into instagram s effect on teenagers. let s bring in new york university s social psychologist jonathan hite who has been collecting research on the relationship between the mental health of teenage girls and social media, his latest piece for the atlantic is titled the dangerous experience on teen