10/06/2026
Would you give your child a pack of ci******es? How about let them ride in a car without a seatbelt?
Doctors in the UK are united in the opinion that unfettered access to social media and screen time is akin to these harmful acts, citing the addictive nature of social media and the physical and emotional trauma that it can cause.
Half of 132 doctors who have been recently surveyed reported seeing at least once case a week of tech based harm with over a third of them seeing multiple cases a week.
The harm? It ranges from physical injuries stemming from recreating acts observed in extreme pornographic content to trauma resulting from viewing graphic violence online.
The UK is considering restrictions that include banning social media content for teens under 16, digital curfews, time limits and forcing companies to remove addictive design features from their apps.
What do you think? Do kids belong on social media? Should it be up to the parents to govern their children or are the social media companies responsible for promoting a harmful product?
