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Even on Instagram, teens mostly feel bored
Concern that social media is driving the teen mental health crisis has risen to such a pitch that the majority of states in the country have filed lawsuits against Meta (which owns Instagram and Facebook) and the U.S. surgeon general called last month for warning labels on platforms, similar to those on tobacco. New research from the ÌìÃÀÓ°ÊÓ´«Ã½ finds, though, that while some teens do experience negative feelings when using Instagram, the dominant feeling they have around the platform is boredom.
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