The mental health crisis among young people in America is an emergency and social media is playing a big role, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns in an op-ed published in the New York Times. In it, Murthy calls for Congress to require social media platforms to have a surgeon general’s warning, much like that […]
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Almost half of teenagers feel addicted to social media – study
Almost half of teenagers feel as if they are addicted to social media, according to analysis. The early findings from a study being carried out at the University of Cambridge were described as “striking”, with researchers saying that some people’s relationship with social media could be “akin to a behavioural addiction”. The Cambridge team is […]
A mom takes extreme measures to save her addicted daughter : NPR
Renae moves hedge clippers, gloves and used coffee mugs off a table in her backyard and wipes it down. She scans the lawn behind her modest home in the rural South for folding chairs and pulls up three. There are paper plates for pizza. Renae is about to host a gathering with a singular goal: […]