Surgeon general rightfully calls for social media warning labels

Published June 17, 2024 4:47pm ET



Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress to put a warning label on social media apps while asserting that the mental health crisis among young people is “an emergency.”

In an op-ed for the New York Times, Murthy cited multiple studies linking high social media usage with adverse mental health effects in the youth population.

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