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i'm 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. it's 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 matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people online, the question is, have things spiraled out of control? we spoke with three families who are t...

human behind the humor. thanks for joining us for "the whole story." i'm 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. it's 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 matter how untrue or harmful it may be. but now with billions of people online, the question is, have...

And me and my dad started walking and i started trying to eat better. and i was like, what if i could lose as much weight as possible. when getting on social media, i was like, okay, how can i do this? >> reporter: did you just type recipes? >> i typed inspiration for losing weight. i looked up negative calorie recipes and it started snowballing into i was getting sick, but i was looking up sickly things. it kind of -- it got sick with me, if that makes sense. >> reporter: that snowball led to an avalanche of images of thinner bodies, of progressively wider thigh gaps and more and more pronoun...

Of me through instagram messenger. i thought it was just the greatest thing ever. >> reporter: when does your social media use move from my art, communicating with my mom, to something else? >> it was fifth grade. i was 160 pounds and i was 11, maybe. >> the doctor used the term obese to her. >> and me and my dad started walking and i started trying to eat better. and i was like, what if i could lose as much weight as possible. when getting on social media, i was like, okay, how can i do this? >> we would exchange recipes on instagram. >> reporter: did you just type recipes? >> i typed inspira...