How Social Media Affects Teen Mental Health (and What To Do About It)

Although social media can have benefits, it can also have significant negative consequences for mental health.

Banning social media for under‑16s won’t fix the real problem – the business model of these platforms is dangerous for all of us

The problem is not that under-16s are uniquely vulnerable to encounters with screens. It is that all users are navigating systems engineered to optimise distraction at scale. Attention is not ...
CNET

Social Media Workers Are Burnt Out and Relying on AI to Help. It's a Mixed Bag

Social media professionals have been using AI behind the scenes for a while. But Metricool found that AI is not only more ...
Psychology Today

Social Media as a Cause of Mental Health Problems

Longstanding concerns exist about excessive social media use causing mental health problems. The best evidence for this view comes from longitudinal studies showing that earlier social media use leads ...
Yahoo

Banning kids from social media? Adults are the real problem. | Opinion

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I used to run mental health for the state of Indiana, but I’m a recovering lawyer by trade. That mismatch means people often ask ...

New Platforms Won’t Save Social Media: Here’s What’s Actually Shifting

The future of social media is being shaped less by new platforms and more by shifting behavior, fragmentation, and ...
SheKnows

Social Media—Not Video Games—Tied to Rising Attention Problems in Teens, New Study Finds

A major new study has found what many parents feared but science is only now confirming. It’s not video games. It’s social media that seems to be undermining teenagers’ ability to concentrate. Over ...