Social Media and Your Kids: Your Questions Answered

Last year, the U.S. Surgeon General warned that social media could pose “profound risk of harm” to young people’s mental health. What makes social media potentially harmful, and whose responsibility is it to protect kids? Reporters Julie Jargon and Jeff Horwitz answer your questions about how social media works and what that means for parents. And Nicol Turner Lee, director of the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution, tells us about the role legislation could play. Luke Vargas hosts.

Further reading:

​​‘You Have Blood on Your Hands’: Senators Say Tech Platforms Hurt Children 

States Crack Down on Social Media for Teens: ‘There Are No Guardrails’

NYC Sues Social-Media Companies for Youth Mental-Health Effects 

Keeping Teens Safe Online Has to Go Beyond Parental Controls. Here’s What to Do. 

Meta Staff Found Instagram Tool Enabled Child Exploitation. The Company Pressed Ahead Anyway. 

How Governments Are Trying to Keep Young Children Off Social Media, From Face Scans to ID Checks 

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