We're all guilty of scrolling mindlessly on social media, but in light of the U.S. Surgeon General calling for a warning label on social media apps as you'd find on a cigarette box, it warrants some self-reflection.
“It is time to require a surgeon general’s warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents. A surgeon general’s warning label, which requires congressional action, would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media has not been proved safe,” Dr. Murthy said. “Evidence from tobacco studies show that warning labels can increase awareness and change behavior.
“I do think the warning would be helpful, not so much even for the kids and teens that may read the label, but for the parents to help give parents pause to, to kind of take it a little more seriously that this, this warning is there,” she said. “Because there has been a correlation between too much social media use and the negative mental, health effects.
As a digital producer and young adult, I can attest there is a love/hate relationship I have with social media. On the one hand, my job requires monitoring social media for live news updates but on the other, it’s often the only way I communicate with my loved ones.
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