Social media gets teens hooked while feeding aggression and impulsivity, and researchers think they know why
Both regulation and more parental involvement needed to rein in social media experiment, psychiatrists and scientists say.
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![In this Nov. 1, 2018 photo, Laurel Foster looks at Instagram in San Francisco. App developers say as teens scroll through Instagram and Snapchat, tap out texts, or hole up in their rooms watching YouTube, they’re leaving enormous digital footprints that may offer clues to their psyches. Studies are under way to find out. Girl watches makeup application on Instagram on a smartphone.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7025296.1699639381!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/growing-up-digital-smartphone-psychiatry.jpg)
Both regulation and more parental involvement needed to rein in social media experiment, psychiatrists and scientists say.