‘Our Children’s Well-Being Is at Stake’: Surgeon General’s Smart Call for Social Media Warning Labels
Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general, has been sounding the alarm on the harmful effects of social media for some time now. Murthy, alongside other health professionals, has fought to shine a spotlight on the “mental health crisis” plaguing younger generations. And social media, they say, has only poured gasoline on this blaze of a crisis.
On Monday, Murthy published an essay outlining his ever-increasing concerns with the way technology effects the brain — particularly of young, developing individuals. He pleaded for Congress to act upon his request to add a “warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents.” But this, the surgeon general urged,
