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Debate of the day · Mental Healthre-evaluated 11d ago
Banning minors from social media would reduce teenage mental-health harms
Depends on scope
In the news: HOT: Social media harms teenagers and should be banned for minors and also schools should teach media literacy classes · News volume
Supports 52%
Against 48%
Evidence balance — weighted by source quality, not votes · 6 arguments
The question is whether prohibiting minors’ access to social media would reduce teenage mental-health harms, a policy judgment that depends on both the harms plausibly prevented and the benefits, substitutions, and imple…
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All claims in Mental Health
Banning minors from social media would reduce teenage mental-health harms
Depends on scope
Banning teenagers from social media is less effective than addressing the main causes of adolescent mental-health problems
Leaning yes, with caveats
Banning social media under 13 improves wellbeing more than supervised access
Leaning no, with caveats
Increased daily recreational screen time causes higher rates of depression among adolescents
Depends on scope
Psychedelic-assisted therapy is an effective treatment for treatment-resistant depression
Depends on scope
The increase in mental health diagnoses among teens post-pandemic is primarily due to heightened awareness and accessibility of mental health services
No
The evidence moved
Banning minors from social media would reduce teenage mental-health harms
Depends on scope
Banning teenagers from social media is less effective than addressing the main causes of adolescent mental-health problems
Leaning yes, with caveats
Banning social media under 13 improves wellbeing more than supervised access
Leaning no, with caveats