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Should social media platforms have a warning label like tobacco?


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Labeling is on a lot of things we might consume... our food, alcohol, tobacco... social media. Well not yet... but U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on Congress today to pass legislation mandating warning labels on social media sites.

He claims social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents. And suggests a surgeon general’s warning label, which requires congressional action, would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media has not been proved safe.

Dr. Ken Jones is the Behavioral Health Clinical Officer for Texas Health Resources. He joined the KRLD Afternoon News to discuss whether or not this could make a notable impact on people's health.

 

 

 

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