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Is Social Media Really the Villain? Meta Says the Science Isn’t So Simple

For years now, social media has been cast as the main culprit behind rising mental health issues among teens and young adults. Anxiety? Blame Instagram. Loneliness? TikTok. Depression? Must be the algorithm. However, according to Meta, that story doesn’t actually align with the science. In a recent response to lawsuits and growing political pressure around teen social media bans, Meta pushed back hard on the idea that social platforms alone are responsible for youth mental he

1 day ago3 min read

Surgeon General Diagnoses Social Media as a Public Health Crisis

Social media was supposed to bring us together. Global communities. Shared creativity. A space to belong. And it did, until it didn’t. At a recent Dartmouth and United Nations symposium , six former U.S. Surgeons General, Vivek Murthy, Jerome Adams, Antonia Coello Novello, Joycelyn Elders, Richard Carmona, and David Satcher, delivered a unanimous message: Social media isn’t just shaping the minds of young people. It’s shaping their health. A Generation in Distress “When one i

Oct 31, 20253 min read

Why Are Teens Blaming Social Media for Their Mental Health Struggles?

A new report from the Pew Research Center just dropped, and the message is loud and clear: a lot of teens are feeling the weight of...

Apr 25, 20252 min read

How Social Media Affects Mental Health — Especially for Our Generation

Let’s be real: social media has been part of our lives for as long as we can remember. Some of us grew up watching “Dora the Explorer”...

Apr 11, 20253 min read

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