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Surgeon General: Warning Label on Social Media Platforms

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    The Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy's opinion essay explaining why he calls for a warning label for social media platforms:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0U0._vKJ.18pyZZKwgW40

    ...
    The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor. Adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social media face double the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms, and the average daily use in this age group, as of the summer of 2023, was 4.8 hours. Additionally, nearly half of adolescents say social media makes them feel worse about their bodies.
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    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. Evidence from tobacco studies show that warning labels can increase awareness and change behavior. ...

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    • AxtremusA Axtremus

      The Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy's opinion essay explaining why he calls for a warning label for social media platforms:

      https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html?unlocked_article_code=1.0U0._vKJ.18pyZZKwgW40

      ...
      The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor. Adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social media face double the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms, and the average daily use in this age group, as of the summer of 2023, was 4.8 hours. Additionally, nearly half of adolescents say social media makes them feel worse about their bodies.
      .
      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. Evidence from tobacco studies show that warning labels can increase awareness and change behavior. ...

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      @Axtremus said in Surgeon General: Warning Label on Social Media Platforms:

      nearly half of adolescents say social media makes them feel worse about their bodies.

      Huh?

      Instead of feeling your body, maybe you should feel someone else's body.

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      • MikM Offline
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        What damn good is that going to do? The warning was already on cigarettes when I started at 13. Smoking only lessened when they made it damn near impossible outside your home.

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          The only way youth will stop using it is if older folks start. NIH should pay boomers to use social media platforms.

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          • MikM Offline
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            Yep. We've damn near killed FB.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • MikM Mik

              Yep. We've damn near killed FB.

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              @Mik said in Surgeon General: Warning Label on Social Media Platforms:

              Yep. We've damn near killed FB.

              But you didn’t finish the job.

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                https://www.axios.com/2024/06/18/la-schools-vote-to-ban-cell-phones-during-school-day

                The Los Angeles Unified School District voted 5 to 2 on Tuesday to ban cellphone and social media use for its more than 429,000 students during the school day.

                And I think that the State of California is looking to do the same thing statewide.

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