Cosmetics Firm Lush Is Closing Its Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok Accounts | PCMag

PCMag editors select and review products independently. If you buy through affiliate links, we may earn commissions, which help support our testing. Learn more. The decision was taken due to ‘overwhelming evidence we are being put at risk when using social media.’ British cosmetics company Lush has decided to close a number of its social media accounts across the 48 countries it operates in.The decision is a reaction to the “serious effects” Lush believes social media platforms are having on mental health. As Jack Constantine, chief digital officer and product inventor at Lush, told the BBC:”[Social media channels] do need to start listening to the reality of how they’re impacting people’s mental health and the damage that they’re causing through their craving for the algorithm to be able to constantly generate content regardless of whether it’s good for the users or not.”Mark Constantine, co-founder of Lush, also explained the decision to remove the company from certain platforms:”I’ve spent all my life avoiding putting harmful ingredients in my products. There is now overwhelming evidence we are being put at risk when using social media. I’m not willing to expose my customers to this harm, so it’s time to take it out…
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