Networks carry risk of 'mental health harms for adolescents,” Vivek Murthy said.
"One of the most important lessons I learned in medical school was that in an emergency, you don’t have the luxury to wait for perfect information. You assess the available facts, you use your best judgment, and you act quickly," Vivek H. Murthy wrote inpublished in The New York Times "The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency -- and social media has emerged as an important contributor.
"Evidence from tobacco studies show that warning labels can increase awareness and change behavior," he wrote, while also citing in the op-ed examples of other industries where Congress has required safety measures, including seatbelts, airbags, crash testing and food recalls. In his op-ed, Murthy noted that requiring a surgeon's general warning on social media platforms is just one of many protective factors needed to help better protect kids. He called on Congress to enact legislation to "shield young people" from exploitation and abuse online, and called on social media companies to share data on the "public health effects" of their products and to allow for independent safety audits.
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