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US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms

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US surgeon general calls for cigarette-style warnings on social media platforms

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Vivek Murthy asks for required labels that state ‘social media is associated with significant mental health harms’

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SavvyWolf
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7•12 days ago
Video games for a time had warnings saying people should take breaks every hour or so. That would go much farther than some weird nebulous warning that social media is “bad for you”.
Beaver
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2•12 days ago
We also need health warnings on:

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