Surgeon General calls for warning label on social media over mental health risks

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The U.S. Surgeon General is warning parents about the impacts of social media on their kids, calling the mental health crisis among young people an emergency. In a New York Times opinion piece released Monday, he called for a warning label on platforms saying that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for youth.

The legislature is also considering social media safety bills sponsored by State Senator Henry Stern. SB 1283 would create policies to limit the use of smart phones on school campuses and SB 1504 is aimed at combating cyberbullying.

"Kids are dying and this is a problem," Senator Stern said. "It's about giving tools to parents and teachers and students themselves to be able to report and say when they're getting bullied and violating even the terms of these platforms."

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