Experts call for tech firms to address social media's mental health harms

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Oct, 07:18 · Archive

Experts are calling on technology companies to release data on how platform features affect young people's wellbeing.

Experts are calling on technology companies to release data showing how their platform features affect young people's mental health. The researchers say this is necessary to build a 'healthier digital world' for young people.

Researchers have accused tech firms of treating health as 'an afterthought' and called for 'coordinated global action' to combat the harms that social media causes to young people's mental health.

Experts call for tech firms to address social media's mental health harms — Image: The i Paper

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Three ways social media is harming young people, according to landmark studyThe i Paper · 5 Oct, 07:00
Global action urged over digital media’s harm to young people’s mental healthThe Independent · 4 Oct, 23:30

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