the U.S Surgeon General this week doubled down on what many parents have feared for years issuing a warning that social media use is a main contributor to depression anxiety and other mental health challenges in the nation's teenagers The Advisory calls on social media companies and policy makers to share with parents the burden of managing their child's use of the platforms the report pulled together about a hundred studies warnings and surveys linking social media use with poor mental health in youth saying the sites spread extreme inappropriate and harmful content to adolescents well up to 95 percent of teens between the ages of 13 and 17 say they're on those platforms according to the report of about a third say they're almost constantly engaged the warning comes as rates of teen depression and hopelessness have skyrocketed [Music] [Music]