What you need to know
- The U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy published an op-ed in The New York Times this week, calling for a warning label on social media sites.
- Murthy says the mental harms of social media sites warrant the label, which has been used in the past to highlight the dangers of substances like alcohol and tobacco.
- The U.S. Surgeon General cannot require the warning label by himself. That would require a bill passed by Congress.
