The APA, for one, says that certain aspects of social media can be harmful, but doesn’t flatly say “social media is bad for kids” and in fact it can have benefits for young people.
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2023/09/protecting-teens-on-social-media
Reading between the lines on a lot of social media studies or panic about kids and social media, it seems like young people are anxious about real issues and learn about/discuss it on social media.
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