U.S. Surgeon Basic Vivek Murthy has been on the forefront of a motion to scrutinize the affect of social media and its potential harms. Final week, he known as for placing tobacco-style warning labels on social media platforms to alert customers that the platforms can hurt kids’s psychological well being.
At the moment, host Martine Powers talks to Murthy about what social media is doing to kids and what sort of impact warning labels might have on the difficulty. Plus, we discuss his newest advisory declaring gun violence a public health crisis.
At the moment’s present was produced by Elana Gordon. It was edited by Ariel Plotnick and combined by Sean Carter. Thanks to Stephen Smith.
When you appreciated this episode, take a look at this week’s episode of “Impromptu”; journalists on the Submit’s Opinions desk discuss smartphones, nervousness about teen psychological well being, and whether or not warning labels on issues like social media might truly work.
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