Surgeon general calls on Congress to require social media warning labels, like those on cigarettes

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Surgeon general calls on Congress to require social media warning labels, like those on cigarettes
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In a Monday opinion piece in the The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contributing factor in the mental health crisis among young people.

United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy arrives to throw out the first pitch before a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Seattle. - The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now

To comply with federal regulation, social media companies already ban kids under 13 from signing up for their platforms — but children have been shown to easily get around the bans, both with and without their parents’ consent. In January the CEOs of Meta, TikTok, X and other social media companies went before the Senate Judiciary Committee to as parents worry that they’re not doing enough to protect young people. The executives touted existing safety tools on their platforms and the work they’ve done with nonprofits and law enforcement to protect minors.

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