From a Policy perspective, this work has become increasingly urgent over recent months. Politicians in the US, UK, EU and Australia are publicly and privately expressing concerns about the impact of our products on young people's mental health. In the US, this was specifically raised with me by the Surgeon General, and is the subject of potential legal action from State AGs. We have received numerous policymaker inquiries and hearing requests.

This policy focus - at all levels of government and in multiple jurisdictions - is now being reflected in a greater push for legislation (eg, body image bills, youth design bills, etc.).

The good news is we are starting to make real progress internally: We now have a strong program of research underway (led by Pratiti); we have established a Youth XFN (led by Pavni) which is driving some valuable product changes; and we are organizing our comms and marketing efforts in a more streamlined fashion.

Nonetheless, we need to do more and we are being held back by a lack of investment on the product side which means that we're not able to make changes and innovations at the pace required to be responsive to policymaker concerns. Our wellbeing work is both under-staffed and fragmented across teams, which is why we view the proposed investment outlined below as important.

We are not on track to succeed for our core well-being topics (problematic use, bullying & harassment, connections, and SSI), and are at increased regulatory risk and external criticism.