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Social media has evolved from connection to compulsion, disproportionately harming children and adolescents. In this Perspective, Silja Kosola outlines how and why addictive designs, together with developmental vulnerability, fuel mental health risks and result in social media disproportionately harming child and adolescent mental health. They also argue that while recent policy changes aimed at protecting youth from social media are welcome, stricter age limits and greater accountability of social media companies are needed.
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