Forty-one states and Washington, D.C., filed a lawsuit against Meta on Tuesday, alleging it designed and deployed features to Facebook and Instagram to addict younger users for profit.
MIT Professor Alexey Makarin, whose research was cited in a recent report by the U.S. surgeon general, discusses the relationship between social media and young people’s mental health.
Everyone is on social media, that is the new norm. The younger generation has no idea what being without social media looks or feels like. Everyone is always checking their mobile device, their Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram accounts. It is not unusual to see a group of people together but each of them is involved