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Surgeon General considers tobacco-style warning labels for social media
There are rising concerns about the effects of social media on mental health, especially for young people. The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy is leaning toward a tobacco-style warning applied to social media platforms and told NBC News Congress may need to require it. Murthy said immediate action is needed to protect kids and said we are in a mental health crisis. According to Murthy, a label would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media has not been proven safe. A North Texas family therapist, Dr. Jay Barnett, agreed that something must be done. “I think it’s necessary that they have a warning label. And particularly for those teens in the early ye

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