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The Case Against Social Media

What Does a 13-Year-Old See on Snapchat in a Normal Week?
Two new studies show that kids and teens frequently encounter graphic violence, sexual content, and adult strangers on the app.
 • Brooke Istook
Why You Should Be a Techno-Skeptic
My most urgent TED Talk yet.
 • Jon Haidt
Don’t Let Big Tech Hide Behind a Rainbow Flag
Guest author Lennon Torres on why social media regulation is a prerequisite for LGBTQ safety.
 • Lennon Torres
The Case Against Social Media: Seven Lines of Evidence
Your guide to the evidence that will help decide thousands of future court cases.
 • Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch
Is Economic Deprivation the Real Cause of The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis?
Jean Twenge responds to the Nature review of The Anxious Generation
 • Jean M. Twenge
Here are 13 Other Explanations for the Adolescent Mental Health Crisis. None of Them Work.
Only smartphones plus social media can explain the international collapse in the early 2010s.
 • Jean M. Twenge
Kids Who Get Smartphones Earlier Become Adults With Worse Mental Health
New global study from Sapien Labs finds consistent links, stronger for girls
 • Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch
Why Some Researchers Think I’m Wrong About Social Media and Mental Illness
Six propositions for evaluating the evidence.
 • Jon Haidt
Academic Pressure Cannot Explain the Mental Illness Epidemic
It’s not the homework. It’s the phones.
 • Jean M. Twenge
Social Media is a Major Cause of the Mental Illness Epidemic in Teen Girls. Here’s the Evidence.
Journalists should stop saying that the evidence is just correlational
 • Jon Haidt
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