I'm glad that the government is trying to address the issue of social media, but obviously adding warnings isn't going to do anything.

I think the only way to actually solve the problem would be to regulate the recommendation algorithms to make them less addictive and less harmful.

I like this idea. Unhealthy, addictive and combative environments should be labeled.

A lot of people don't understand how anything like this could help, but keep in mind that policy shapes society as much as the opposite. Yeah most social media users are going to roll their eyes and ignore warning messages, but we're out to help people, not necessarily today's people.

When you grow up around the normalization of something like, the "officially sanctioned" knowledge that social media can be dangerous, it gives you something for your brain to connect with when you realize you've been ruminating for hours or days about what someone thinks about you on the internet. It really does help the brain when you can more easily identify a threat.

And more than anything, this would set a powerful precedent in the social view of mental health. Again, when you grow up seeing a thing is normal, you are more readily able to identify the source of the problem when a bad thing is happening to you.

People who think this doesn't or won't do anything are completely overlooking the advertising revenue impact. If social media must carry these warning labels, that devalues the ad space they sell. Does coca cola, Ford, etc. really want their ads to show up on content with these warning labels? Will they be getting a discount on ad space because it's better to deliver ads to users on platforms that don't have this warning?

America is so contrarian they might up their social media intake even more tbh

I can’t tell if this dude is 23 years old or 53 years old.

(Platform) may cause birth defects, lung cancer, death

How Money Changes the Way You Think and Feel

Money is clearly harmful. Let's put a warning label on every bill and coin: "Addictive"?

I started smoking as a teenager after those warnings were put on cigarettes. I did it despite knowing it was addictive and it was bad for me.

Kids don't give a shit. They think they're immortal.

But sure, waste your time.