The article describes a study in the Netherlands showing suicide is a leading cause of death among adolescents aged 15–29 worldwide and that excessive social media use was a contributing factor in 13 of 35 cases.
A generation of children is being lost to Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok with the social media platforms’ “like” button being blamed for fuelling a spike in mental health disorders and soaring rates of suicide and self harm.
