In an editorial published in the New York Times, Vivek Murthy, the Surgeon General of the United States, said that as the crisis of mental health is becoming an issue more and more urgent in the areas of the new population, with the social media, which contribute significantly to this phenomenon.
According to Murthy, the political institutions need to consider the emergence of a warning to inform the user about the damage and the potential for mental health to be causing the pages of the website, and applications, and social media. “Label warning issued by the Surgeon General, and that requires an act of Congress will be on a regular basis to parents and teenagers that the social media may not be secure,” he wrote of the Surgeon General.
As far as the warnings on the packages of cigarettes, which he refers to Murthy, the following were introduced in 1965 after the publication of the surgeon at the time was that of a general, little is known In the Terry. This article established a link between smoking and lung cancer, and heart disease. Up to that point and how many People mandatoi the introduction of the warnings on the packages, such as “smoking can seriously damage your health”.
Murthy also states in the article that, “tags favorable to the display of the warnings of the Kirurgut General, you can raise awareness and change behaviour”. However, he acknowledged the limitations of an approach like that, because it is not going to be enough to make the most of a safe and secure social media. He suggested, too, that the People, companies, and social media, parents, and others, you can take steps to mitigate the risks and protect children from harm and available.
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