New Pew data shows nearly half of the 1,400 teens surveyed believe social media is harmful to their generation.

Parents are more worried than teens about teen mental health. Both groups – especially parents – partly blame social media. But teens also see benefits.

Take it from social media companies, which, like tobacco and oil companies, realised before the public what harm their products do. An internal report by TikTok admits that compulsive usage “correlates with a slew of negative mental effects”.