Social media as bad for young people as smoking, top doctors say (opens in new tab)

Covered by 6 sources including techdirt.com, TechRadarDiscussed on r/privacy

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says doctors should routinely check on screen time and social media use when seeing younger patients.

Read the original article

Sign in to keep reading the full article.

Covered in 7 articles

The UK’s Teen Social Media Ban Is Political Theater, Not Child Safety Policy

Discussed on Hacker News

·

‘Social media should be treated like tobacco’: medical professionals say social media causes as much damage as smoking for under-16s as the UK government gets closer to a ban — but some are still divided on out-right restrictions

Keir Starmer promised me he would end the harm caused by social media. But this ban betrays that promise | Ian Russell