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The surgeon general called for a warning label on apps like TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Four design firms imagine how it could work. As we’re beginning to quantify exactly how bad ...
Surgeon General wants warning labels for social media: We already have 'em for booze and cigarettes. So why not Instagram and TikTok? This is a flawed line. Of course, a body panel coming off a ...
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has sensibly called on Congress to pass legislation mandating warning labels on social media sites. In a New York Times essay published Monday, Murthy wrote ...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants tobacco-style warning labels for social media. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to clinical psychologist Michaeline Jensen, who has studied social media's effect on kids.
Every bottle of alcohol sold in the U.S. has a warning label, which says pregnant women should avoid alcohol, that drinking can impair your ability to drive a car, plus a vague mention that ...
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is pushing to require a warning label on social media platforms to advise users that social media has been connected to mental health risks for adolescents.
The nation's top doctor recently called for a label on social media platforms to warn that such sites are “associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents” — a change ...
The US surgeon general is pushing for a warning label on social media about teen mental-health risks. A comparison to cigarette warnings is tempting, but social media might be more like explicit ...