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Young activists are framing social media's impact as a systemic issue that requires regulation and media literacy.

As a seventh grader, Emma Lembke was one of the last in her friend group in Birmingham, Alabama, to get on social media. When she did, she says she soon found herself addicted, spending five hours a day on the apps, mostly Instagram.“At an important developmental period in my life as a young female,...

Many in this generation are aware of what they have lost by having grown up on social media, so they’re logging off and working to create a safer, healthier future.