📉Rising Mental Health Issues: There's a significant increase in anxiety, depression, and self-harm among teens since the advent of social media.
👶Impact on Child Development: Samantha Marsh emphasizes the need to study social media's effects on child development more closely.
📱Widespread Social Media Use: 90% of teenagers in New Zealand use social media, beginning at an average age of 11.
🚫Ineffective Parental Controls: The Nebraska vs. TikTok case shows companies know these measures are ineffective yet promote them anyway.
🏛️Need for Policy Change: There's a call for integrated policies to address the multifaceted issues of social media usage among minors.