Half of U.S. teenagers in a new study received 237 or more notifications a day, according to Common Sense Media. The study also found almost all youth use their smartphone at least once during school hours.
After two decades of radically changing the way we interact with others, social media may be facing a turning point, as experts study whether excessive use may have a detrimental impact on youth mental health. For some children, relentless exposure to social media may be one contributing factor for what many experts, including the , say is a public health crisis. "Our children have become unknowing participants in a decades-long experiment," Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told ABC News in a statement.
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