US health experts divided on social media age restrictions

27 May 2023
Volume 401, Issue 10390 

WORLD REPORT  Some medical associations support restrictions on social media use to protect adolescent’s health, while others focus on making companies provide safer platforms. 

Laws intended to protect adolescents from the harms of social media are spreading across the USA but, among some of the nation’s leading medical and public health associations, there is not yet a consensus on limiting social media access for young people. Nearly two dozen states are considering legislation. Several have already enacted a patchwork of age restrictions and partial bans. [Continued here.]
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