The top US health official on Tuesday issued a stark warning to parents, tech companies and regulators, saying the evidence is growing that social media use may seriously harm children.

 

In a lengthy advisory, US surgeon general Vivek Murthy said that while not without benefits, “there are ample indicators that social media can also have a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents.”

 

Social media use by young people in the United States is nearly universal, with up to 95 percent of adolescents reporting using a social platform and more than a third saying they do so “almost constantly,” according to the Department of Health and Human Services.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/us-top-health-official-sounds-alarm-on-child-social-media-use/

 

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That's few generation too late, and certainly not social media's fault, and falls an very poor parenting.

 

I consider that the root of 'all' problems in society.