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Than a dozen states banned tiktok on most federal devices citing national security concerns over its chinese parent company and the possibility it could pressure tiktok to hand over personal data. there is no public evidence the chinese government has done that, but there is evidence of another risk -- social medias impact on mental health, particularly among gen z. >> depression started to rise after 2012. so did self-harm and suicide. >> reporter: dr. jean twangy says as smartphones and social...

Another great step. not being able to use social media during the nighttime hours would be another. we also have an epidemic of sleep deprivation among teens which very well might be one of the reasons why we have a mental health crisis because not sleeping enough is very strongly linked to depression, suicidal thoughts, self-harm, all of these issues were seeing. >> can i say that i think that 92-page complaint, albeit very dense, publicly available. you can pull the pdf. ill put it if my socia...

Attention disorders. several citations in this lawsuit are of data analysis by my next guest, jean twangy, author of the influential book "i-gen." the global head of safety for meta which owns facebook and instagram released this statement, quote, we want teens to be safe online. we automatically set teens accounts to private when they join instagram and send notifications encouraging them to take regular breaks. we dont allow content that promotes suicide, self-harm or eating disorders. a spoke...

♪ it folds ♪ >> reporter: eyeballs glued to the endless content and viral videos. >> how long do you think you spend on tiktok every day? >> two, three hours. >> three, four hours. >> reporter: last month the u.s. government along with several states banned tiktok on devices over national security concern. ? ♪ theres no public evidence the chinese government has done it, but there is evidence of another risk, social medias impact on mental health, particularly among gen-z. >> depression st...

Damaging. does that mean theyre legally liable? thats a whole different story. >> here is what meta says. weve developed more than 30 tools to support teens and families. we dont allow content that promotes suicide, self-harm or eating disorders and of the content we remove or take action on we identify over 99% of it before it is reported to us. a number of social media companies sent similar statements to fox business saying they care about the safety of users, including kids. they cite resour...

It says its affecting its ability to fulfill its educational mission. >> donie osullivan joins us now. this is unusual. an entire school system suing. so what they say was causing the problem. >> reporter: weve seen from the previous lawsuits this is such a relatively new phenomena. weve heard from experts who say we dont know what this will do, being on social media all day will do to kids brains because it will take some time to fully understand that but what we have heard from this school dis...

According to the American Psychological Association, the rate of 12 to 17-year-olds experiencing major depression increased by 52% from 2005 to 2017.

These trends could be causing harm nyu professor tells wall street journal genz is too fragile saying quote when you look at americas born after 1995, you find us have extraordinarily high rates of anxiety, depression, self-harm, suicide and fragility. there is never been a generation this depressed, anxious and fragile. and i concur with all that. gaia, as the closest to genz, do you find this to be true? >> the genz years would say dont dissociate us with a millennial which is what i am. i thi...