A surgeon general’s warning label, which requires congressional action, would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media has not been proved safe.
So they’re going to put a warning on anything that hasn’t been “proved safe”? These people are clowns.
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So they’re going to put a warning on anything that hasn’t been “proved safe”? These people are clowns.
It’s such a milquetoast warning, mostly because the science just isn’t there yet. And by the time it is, any damage will be done.
So it’s not entirely clear what the hell we should do, but it’s probably not a knee jerk reaction.