Medical Xpress August 6, 2024
Rutgers University

As the United States government considers major policy decisions regarding social media, including a potential forced sale of TikTok and new legislation to protect young users, the comprehensiveness of research informing these decisions faces scrutiny.

A 2024 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), titled “Social Media and Adolescent Health” may help shape those decisions, but a Rutgers Health expert believes the panel should have included more and considered more study results.

Jon-Patrick Allem, an associate professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, discussed the NASEM report in a recent American Journal of Public Health editorial. He laid out his ideas for improvement with Rutgers Today.

How could panel membership have been...

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