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The dark side of social media on youth mental health (www.psypost.org)
submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology
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The dark side of social media on youth mental health::The U.S. Surgeon General's recent advisory highlights the perilous impact of social media on youth mental health, linking it to rising cases of eating disorders and body image dissatisfaction.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (6 children)

We've known the side effects of social media for decades but we're still doing nothing...

[–] kameecoding 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Decades? Aren't they less than 2 decades old?

I doubt we knew it's effects for decades

[–] QuandaleDingle 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

MySpace surely was one of them. Came out in 2003. So...two decades? :D

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