What experts say
Doctors, psychologists and researchers in their own words. Every quote is copied exactly from a source you can open, and checked against it before it appears here.
The entire burden of mitigating the risk of harm of social media cannot be placed on the shoulders of children and parents.
Dr Vivek H. Murthy
U.S. Surgeon General (at the time of the 2023 advisory), Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, United States
News article: US surgeon general issues major advisory on social media use and teens' mental health (ABC7 San Francisco), 23 May 2023
From his May 2023 advisory on social media and youth mental health, calling on technology companies and policymakers to share responsibility.
Photo: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
When we talk more, the story is often the same late nights on the phone, gaming for hours, scrolling before sleep. The child is not weak or careless. The child is tired.
Dr Meghana Phadke Sultania
Senior Consultant and Head, Unit III – Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, Asian Hospital, India
News article: Economic Survey's focus on digital addiction, mental health is timely and necessary: Experts (The News Mill, ANI copy), 29 January 2026
A paediatrician describing what she sees in clinic, reacting to the Economic Survey 2025-26 on digital addiction in children.
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