#NewFilters to manage the impact of social media on young people’s mental health and wellbeing

#NewFilters to manage the impact of social media on young people’s mental health and wellbeing The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing has published its report on the Group’s Inquiry, “#NewFilters to manage the impact of social media on young people’s mental health and wellbeing”.

This is the first national Inquiry specifically examining the impact of social media on the mental health and wellbeing of young people, which ran from April 2018 to January 2019.

The report explores the positive and negative health impacts of social media, as well as putting forward recommendations to protect young social media users from potential health harms.

See also:

• MPs call for tax on social media companies BBC News
• Regulate social media to protect children from ‘online wild west’, say MPs The Independent