Murthy has previously stressed the potential harms that teenagers encounter from social media platforms, pushing last year for stronger guidelines for children and teens amid growing research that indicates the apps pose what he described at the time as a "profound risk" to young people's mental ...
"Although social media platforms may claim that they can self-regulate their practices to reduce the harms to young people, they have yet to do so, and our study suggests they have overwhelming financial incentives to continue to delay taking meaningful steps to protect children," said S....
Today, Radwan speaks about the harms of social media to teens and has joined a lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta Platforms Inc. that seeks to hold the tech giant accountable for the harms its platforms have caused to children and teens....
Advisory calls for urgent action to protect mental health of tweens and teens. The U.S. Surgeon General issues urgent warning about teen mental health and social media use.Credit: lerbank / iStock / Getty Images Plus U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued an advisory Tuesday declaring...
Social media has been linked to mental health issues. Just last month, research out of Canada showed that higher levels of social media use was linked with increased depressive symptoms in adolescents. With this study, the problem is put in a better context. It's not necessarily social media...
All of this is back in the headlines after U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthycalled fora warning label on social media platforms, citing mental health harms to youth. The plea was met with a range of reactions — from full support to claims that it wouldn’t change a thing. A day ...
Mental health issues among teens have been rising for more than a decade, and some experts wonder how much social media use is to blame. If you're a parent questioning if—and how—you should monitor the way your teenager uses social media, you're not al
The more time that people — particularly kids, teens, and young adults — spend on social media, the more likely it becomes that they’ll suffer from depression, anxiety, suicidal ideations, and other mental health problems. In fact, social media addiction statistics indicate that teenagers who...
While the researchers acknowledge there is still much to be learned about social media's impact on mental health, they say these are important conversations that need to be further explored, especially surrounding young people who are the most vulnerable to potential harms. ...
Social media use has been linked to depression, especially in teenage girls. But a new study argues that the issue may be more complex than experts think.