MURTHY, Vivek, 1977-WARNING labelsSOCIAL mediaTEENAGERSThis Medical News article is an interview with US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, and JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, about his call for a warning label on social media platforms.Abbasi,...
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy arguedsocial media companiesshould be required to display mental health warnings about the use of their platforms. Murthy argued in an op-edfor the New York Timesthat the platforms have been particularly harmful for young Americans. The official first sound...
— Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General (@Surgeon_General)May 23, 2023 The advisory comes as attempts to make social media safer for children and teenagers are gathering pacein the USand around the world with legislation such as theUK’s Online Safety Bill. The Surgeon General has...
Social media is endangering the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents, warns Surgeon General Vivek Murthy ina 19-page advisory. Photo: Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels Families should limit their children's social media use, Dr. Murthy recommended. He also "called on tech companies ...
Social media is the focus of the US surgeon general’s conversation with JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS. She interviews Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, to discuss the dangers of social media on youth mental health, highlighting its contribution to the epidemic of lone...
Social media platforms should post warning labels, similar to those now used on cigarette packs, for teenagers who are increasingly suffering from mental health issues that are partly tied to the apps, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Monday in anopinion piecein the New York Times. ...
surgeon general under Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden. He is the first person of Indian descent to be surgeon general. Murthy is known for declaring gun deaths and injuries a public health crisis, for urging Congress to mandate warning labels for youth on social media platforms, and for...
As U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy attempted to advocate for warning labels on social media, he made a stronger case against the practice. InaNew York Timesguest essaypublished on Monday, Murthy plead Congress to issue warning labels on social media, similar to those tha...
Social media is unhealthy, at least according to the U.S. surgeon general. Dr. Vivek H. Murthy penned a guest column inThe New York Timesabout the risks of social media on young people, and he called on Congress to act on a tobacco-style surgeon general’s warning for social media web...
US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says he believes 13 is too young for children to be on social media platforms, because although sites allow children of that age to join, kids are still “developing their identity.” Meta, Twitter, and a host of other social media giants currently allow 13-...