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What the call for warning label on social media has achieved
The call by the US surgeon-general was provocative – and that’s why it was a good move.
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The US surgeon-general also rallied parents to work to create new norms around limiting teens’ social media access, said the writer.
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If you read food labels religiously when shopping at the supermarket, you may be intrigued by a new proposal of US Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy. He has called for a warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents.
Such warning labels require a congressional mandate and this one would specifically remind parents and adolescents on a regular basis that social media use has not been proven safe.
