Experts weigh in on a new proposal from 42 US attorneys general to require warning labels on social media, similar to tobacco product health messages. A coalition of 42 state attorneys general is ...

This week, the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called for health warnings on social media for younger users. This recent call follows an earlier Advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health, ...

The current mental health crisis among young people is real. Few would dispute that kids are suffering now. In a recent New York Times editorial, Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy called for warning ...

Social media negatively impacts self-esteem, making young people feel bad about their bodies, their talents, their bank accounts, and their homes as they compare their lives to hours of curated ...

In short: The US surgeon general wants social media platforms to have health warnings placed on them, similar to the mandatory labels on cigarette boxes. Vivek Murthy said use of just a warning label ...

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants Congress to create and pass legislation that would force social media firms like Meta, X/Twitter, TikTok, and Snap to add some type of digital "warning label" to ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan have proposed a new bill, AB 56, that would require social media companies to put a warning label on their platforms to ...

Health warnings on social media would be analogous to the ones seen on cigarette packages, serving as reminders to parents and youth of the mental health risks of social media. The Surgeon General ...