Attorney General Andrea Campbell said the "Study Act" will let kids learn without distractions and will hold social media companies accountable for the uptick in depression, anxiety and self-harm. "There's no statewide policy. This bill would mandate that every district develop one," Campbell said.

The MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey (MWAHS) monitors trends in adolescent health and risk behaviors in the 25 communities in the MetroWest region. The above graphics show Social Media Use Among MetroWest Adolescents; Highlights from the 2021 MWAHS grades 7-12. Click below to review more data.

A special report on our Tiktok-scrolling, Snapchat-loving, sleep-deprived teens—and what caregivers need to know to keep kids safe. By Kara Baskin

Discover how strict cell phone policies in schools can improve student engagement, safety, and learning time. Study.com's survey reveals teachers' insights on managing classroom disruptions and the benefits of mobile phone bans.

Behind Their Screens takes adults on a journey through the hidden lives of teens growing up with social media. The book reveals what teens think, how and why they make the decisions they do, and what they need adults to understand if they are to help teens navigate a tricky landscape.

Free The Anxious Generation was created to motivate and empower teens, parents, educators, policymakers, and tech industry leaders to act collectively to free children and adolescents from a childhood spent largely alone on screens, and instead promote independence, free play, and responsibility in the real world.

A talk given by Catherine Price, author of How to Break Up With Your Phone and founder of Screen/Life Balance, about children, smartphones, and social media. She provides new frameworks for decision-making, runs through the risks that exist for children online and — most importantly — offers practical solutions for parents and families. More information at catherineprice.com and catherineprice.substack.com

Social media use among young people is nearly universal, with up to 95% of teenagers, and even 40% of children aged 8-12, on social media.1,2 Despite this widespread use among children and adolescents, we do not yet have enough evidence to determine if social media use is sufficiently safe for them—especially during adolescence, a particularly vulnerable period of brain development.

Social media is the focus of the US surgeon general’s conversation with JAMA Editor in Chief Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS. She interviews Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA, to discuss the dangers of social media on youth mental health, highlighting its contribution to the epidemic of loneliness.

The 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report has released a call for technology only to be used in class when it supports learning outcomes, and this includes the use of smartphones.

From Computers and Human Behavior: Having a phone reduces impairs attention and subsequent memory during lectures. Noticeably being distracted by text messages further reduces learning. Self-reported nomophobia reduces learning. All effects of cellphones are most pronounced 10–15 min into the lecture.

From Labour Economics: An investigation on the impact of schools banning mobile phones on student test scores; difference in differences (DID) strategy; combine a survey of school policies and England's National Pupil Database; there is an increase in student performance after schools bans mobile phones; these effects are driven by the previously lowest-achieving students.