i m anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. it s something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people online, the question is, have things spiraled out of control? we spoke with three families who are taking on some of the biggest social media companies in an uphill legal battle in an effort to change the way the internet works. some of the topics in the next hour including eating disorders and suicide and can be disturbing to watch. good morning. are you getting on, mom? yeah, let s get on. reporter: a tour bus through washington in spring is typically full of kids. oh, my. reporter
human behind the humor. thanks for joining us for the whole story. i m anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. it s something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people online, the question is, have things spiraled out of control? especially when it comes to kids. we spoke with three families who are taking on some of the biggest social media companies in an uphill legal battle in an effort to change the way the internet works. we want to mention some of the topics in the next hour including eating disorders and suicide and can be disturbing to watch. good morning. are you getting on, mo
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we first met mark and his mom tony. it s hard to want to get better sometimes. reporter: mark has completed a residential program his mom found for him and is home again. but he s still struggling with his eating disorder. i just want to look a certain way. i feel like that certain way is going to kill me in the end. it will. reporter: and with disconnecting from his phone. at this point, do you still have a bunch of social media accounts? yeah. i have to be honest. i do. reporter: this is happening as your family is suing the tech companies. i try not to use them as much and i try to look at recovery-focused stuff. it s hard to live without it because it s so addicting being on it. reporter: the researchers don t go quite that far. scientists have been staying cautiously away from the word addiction and instead talking
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