Health warnings could reduce young people's social media use,Stanford study find (med.stanford.edu)

Sure -- maybe warnings that are explicit about the risks would help. But peer pressure is a hell of a motivator if everyone's using these networks.

I think young people -- especially teenagers -- already talk enough about "brainrot" to know that scrolling for hours is not good for them.

Here's the link to the actual study, for those interested: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullartic...

> Teens and young adults say that health warning labels on social media would help them reduce their social media use

It consistently amazes me how out of touch people are. Does anyone who has kids or was a kid think that grownups giving warnings is a deterrent to kids? It’s like the thing about tobacco companies sponsoring lame anti-smoking ads because they knew they make it more attractive to kids.

If anything, this would probably breath life into legacy social media by making to cool again for kids.

See also anti-drug programs.