Online Insanity

It's not his fault, he says:

In a recent interview with the Verge, Mark Zuckerberg addressed the ongoing debate surrounding the impact of Meta’s Facebook and Instagram social media platforms on the mental well-being of adolescents. Zuckerberg asserted that there is no direct causal connection between social media use and poor mental health outcomes in teens, citing the majority of high-quality research on the subject. This statement echoes Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress in January, where he argued that existing research has not definitively established a causal link between social media and negative mental health effects in young users. However, proving such causal relationships is inherently challenging, and current research suggests that social media can have both positive and negative impacts on the mental health of adolescents. Zuckerberg acknowledged the complex nature of the issue, stating, “The academic research shows something that I think, to me, fits more with what I’ve seen of how the platforms operate. But it’s counter to what a lot of people think, and I think that’s going to be a reckoning that we’ll have to have.” He emphasized the importance of providing parents with the necessary tools to monitor and limit their children’s social media use, rather than placing the onus solely on the platforms themselves.

Sometimes a crazy kid is just a crazy kid...