Surgeon General issues advisory that social media is contributing to youth mental health crisis ...Middle East

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Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is issuing an advisory that social media use may be harmful to the mental health of young people, citing growing evidence that online content is hurting the development of the nation's youth. "I'm issuing this advisory because we're in the middle of a youth mental health crisis and I'm concerned that social media is contributing to the harms that kids are experiencing," Murthy told The Hill. Murthy specifically pointed the the possibility of a link between time spent on social media and depression and anxiety. He cited one 2019 study that found adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 who spent more than three hours on social media daily had double

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