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Alarm Over Social Media Is Getting Through to Teens

Audio long read: Do smartphones and social media really harm teens’ mental health?

Research shows that, over the past two decades, rates of mental illness have been increasing in adolescents in many countries. While some scientists point to soaring use of smartphones and social media as a key driver for this trend, others say the evidence does not show a large effect of these technologies on teenagers’ psychological health.

Pew Research Center · 4d

Teens, Social Media and Mental Health

Parents are more worried than teens about teen mental health. Both groups – especially parents – partly blame social media. But teens also see benefits.

CNN International on MSN · 4d

Nearly half of teens say social media is bad for youth mental health, report finds

The impact of social media on young people’s mental health and well-being is a growing topic of concern among parents, educators, health care professionals and regulators. And now, nearly half of US teens say social media has a mostly negative effect on people their age — and almost the same proportion say they’re cutting back on social media use.

ConsumerAffairs2d

Smartphones may actually have benefits for kids, teens, study finds

Benefits of smartphone use: Findings from an ongoing survey of teens and tweens found that smartphone use starting at age 11 ...

9don MSN

Smartphones may boost children’s mental health, study finds

The study’s findings challenge the assumption that kids who own smartphones tend to fare worse than those who don’t.

2don MSN

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Unveil N.Y.C. Memorial Honoring Lives Lost to Social Media: 'All Children Should Be Safe'

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry unveiled a powerful installation in New York City called the Lost Screen Memorial, honoring ...

2don MSN

Addiction, misinformation and bullying: Why Independent readers want phones banned in classrooms

With most Independent readers supporting a school smartphone ban, the overwhelming consensus was that phones are too ...

Austin American-Statesman6d

We delayed getting our kid a phone, social media until high school. We were right | Opinion

The prom king did not have social media until he was 18. My wife was adamant that our three children did not need phones in middle school and that they did not need social media until even ...

Bot farms invade social media to hijack popular sentiment

Governments, financial influencers, and entertainment insiders are using data center-like facilities full of phones to push ...

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Last year, a town’s primary schools banned smartphones. This is what happened

Just under a year ago, headteachers at primary schools in St Albans told families their learning environments would be ...

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