Surgeon General Wants Warning Labels on Social Media

New York Times: “Warning labels — like those that appear on tobacco and alcohol products — are one of the most powerful tools available to the nation’s top health official, but Dr. Murthy cannot unilaterally require them; the action requires approval by Congress. No such legislation has yet been introduced in either chamber.”

“A warning label would send a powerful message to parents ‘that social media has not been proved safe,’ Dr. Murthy wrote in an essay published in The New York Times opinion section on Monday.”