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Instagram is introducing separate teen accounts for those under 18 as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid growing backlash against how social media affects young people’s lives

People keep coping until they absolutely can’t, and parents are at breaking point. Why aren’t politicians treating this as an emergency, asks Emma Beddington

The United States’ most senior public health official, surgeon-general Vivek Murthy, believes social media platforms should come with warning labels. The United Nations’ education, science and culture agency says smartphones should be banned in schools. Chinese regulators are pushing to limit children’s smartphone use to just two hours a day.

In an interview, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says Congress needs to address two key public health issues: gun violence and mental health.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy addresses gun violence, mental health, tech impact, and loneliness in public health advocacy.

“All you want to do as parents is protect them.”

The documentary Join or Die examines the decline of civic engagement in America – and how it has fueled a worsening national crisis

Many experts around the world say smartphones pose a danger to children’s mental health, but does a ban work?

No smartphones before high school is No. 1.