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human behind the humor. thanks for joining us for "the whole story." im anderson cooper. you may have heard the u.s. surgeon general issued a warning that social media carries what he called a profound risk of harm to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescence. its something all of us who are parents are worried about. because of a law passed in the mid-1990s, social media companies are shielded from almost all responsibility for the content their users post, no mat...

>> i hear youre an artist? >> yes. >> reporter: when did you start using social media? >> i started using it around 11, 12. ive had so many art accounts, but ive had my personal accounts where i would post pictures of me and my friends. >> reporter: are you hold enough to have accounts at that age? >> the actual age is 13. i was technically too young. you can lie about your age. you dont need any actual identity. >> reporter: ceecee had instagram because she asked her mom, and candace thought it...

Feeding tube and a wheelchair and my daughter was in that situation a good 15 times. >> reporter: and her daughter effectively chronicled that struggle in sketch books. >> this is a woman with her phone and this is being kind of like fed into her mind that -- it says lies on it. this is something i had done before any of the social media awareness. >> is it good? >> reporter: 16-year-old mark lives across the country from ceecee, outside los angeles. but in a way, they inhabited the same univers...

>> reporter: ceecee, too, has found it difficult to fully disconnect. do you still have social media accounts? >> i dont have instagram but i have senate chat and facebook. you almost feel like you have to have it in order to be included. >> reporter: eight out of ten american teens say social media makes them feel more connected to their friends lives. about a third admit to spending too much time on the apps and more than half say it would be hard to give up. the long-term effects of all this ...

Theres the court. were walking down -- lets see -- second and east capital. >> reporter: in february, the supreme court heard a case that would have a big impact on the fight being waged by people like see ceecee and candace and the people against the big social media companies. >> lets all of us line up -- >> reporter: this attorney hired line holders so his clients could get inside to hear the arguments. >> tammy has been a hero. >> reporter: at issue, a 27-year-old law called section 230. >> ...