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Top US Doctor wnats social media health warnings

 

Social media has changed the world. There are good and bad things about it.

One bad thing is that it can ause mental heath problems. This is something

the USA's top doctor wants to address. U.S. Surgen General Dr. Vivek Murthy wants

social media companies to display mental health warnings on their platforms.

He is praticularly worried about the harm the platforms do to young poeple.

He said algorithms lead youngsters to extreme sexual and violent content.

Dr Murthy said: "It is time to require a surgeon general's warning lavel on social media platforms,

stating that social medis is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents.

" He waid laws were also needed to keep young people safe online.

 

Dr. Murthy has campaigned for tighter controls of social media for many years.

In 2023, he warned that social medis presented, "a profound risk of harm to

the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents".

His recent warning is in a guest essay poblished by The New York Times.

He wrote: "The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency.

Social media has emerge as an imortant contributor."

He has concerns about how long young people send online.

He said youngsters "who spend more than three hours a day on social media

face double the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms."

Murthy thinks online warnings will help, just as warnings on cigarettes have helped.

 

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