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Today there are many popular sites on the Internet.

third of the earth’s entire population, and far more than any other social platform. Instagram. Far more popular with American teens than Facebook, Instagram is an image-centric social media site that was launched in 2010. A key feature of Instagram is the “story,” where users can post photos and short video clips that are highlighted at the top of users’ feeds but only stay up for 24 hours. The site announced that it had hit one billion active users in June 2018. Instagram has also been cited as the worst social media site when it comes to mental health, perhaps because the image-centric app creates an

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