Surgeon General calls for warning labels on social media platforms

AXIOS June 17, 2024
Ivana Saric

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress Monday to require social media platforms to display warning labels alerting users of the potential harms the platforms pose to teens’ mental health.

Why it matters: Murthy’s call for congressional action comes amid rising awareness of the dangers of social media for young people, as platforms try to negate some of the harms while facing lawsuits for their roles in the youth mental health crisis.

• “The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency — and social media has emerged as an important contributor,” Murthy wrote in a New York Times op-ed.

Driving the news: Warning labels like those that appear on tobacco products can raise awareness and change...

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