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Social media has the world. There good and bad things about it. One bad thing is that it can mental health problems. This is something the USA's top doctor wants to . U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants social media companies to mental health warnings on their platforms. He is particularly about the harm the platforms do to young people. He said algorithms youngsters to extreme sexual and violent content. Dr Murthy said: "It is time to a surgeon general's warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents." He said laws were also needed to young people safe online.

Dr Murthy has for tighter controls of social media for many years. In 2023, he that social media presented, "a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents". His recent warning is in a guest essay by The New York Times. He wrote: "The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency. Social media has as an important contributor." He concerns about how long young people spend online. He said youngsters "who more than three hours a day on social media double the risk of anxiety and depression symptoms". Murthy online warnings will , just as warnings on cigarettes have .