Zuckerberg Says: Social Media Has No Casual Connection To Children’s Mental Health Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer (CEO) of Meta, has argued that social media does not directly harm the mental health of teenagers. In an interview with The Verge, Zuckerberg said that there is no causal relationship between social media and mental health.
He has argued that various investigations have not shown any connection between the two. Zuckerberg also said the same thing in a hearing in Congress on child protection last January.
He said it is right for parents to give their children the tools they need to limit their use of social media. He also expressed the opinion that notifications are affecting mental health more than apps.
Recently, Instagram has announced that it will move all teenagers to more private accounts, limit DM (Direct Messages) and introduce a ‘Sleep Mode’ to limit notifications at night. Similarly, Meta released the parental control feature on Instagram and Messenger last year. With this, parents could get information about what their children are doing on the platform.
In that paper, it was mentioned that Instagram. Since then, US lawmakers are trying to impose age-based restrictions on social networks. A surgeon demanded to put a label like a tobacco warning on the networks.
On the other hand, Zuckerberg has argued that age verification should be done by the parent companies of Playstore and Appstore, not by platforms like him. Also, if any law regarding child protection is passed, Meta will follow the instructions and laws of the government, he roas .
