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Governments are finally intervening to control social media from morphing into a youth-eating goblin
Countries worldwide are taking action against social media’s harmful effects on youth, from bans to stricter rules.
Norway’s bold move to raise the social media age limit from 13 to 15 joins a wave of international actions, though they admit enforcement won’t be easy – especially since 53% of their nine-year-olds and 72% of eleven-year-olds are already active users. A recent UC San Francisco study directly linked increased screen time to higher rates of depression, anxiety, and attention issues in children. Parents need to know the truth about the content their children have access to on the app and TikTok is pushing to their feeds, ” said Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen.
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