Facebook alleged to cause depression among users

 Browsing Facebook could trigger feelings of envy and leave its users down in the dumps, researchers claim.Logging into the social networking site has become a daily activity for hundreds of millions of people but a new study into its affect on mental healthhas created alarming results.Research carried out on Wednesday, which set out to discover how emotionally involved users are, found browsing Facebook regularly can spark depression when people experience feelings of envy.

Facebook has admitted that use of social media can have negative impact on the psychological well-being of users. Facebook has been receiving pressure from critics who have been worried about Facebook’s negative effect on user’s life.
According to a study, spending time on Facebook and ‘passively consuming information’ makes ‘people feel worse’. Facebook has been accused of spreading hate speech, offensive ads and censoring critics of oppressive governments.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologized and stressed that his new mission was ‘to bring the world closer.’