> Bullying and mobbing are just so much more efficient. That's a deeply insightful observation that should be centerpiece in this conversation. As others have

> Bullying and mobbing are just so much more efficient. That's a deeply insightful observation that should be centerpiece in this conversation. As others have pointed out it's clearly not "screen time", and if the effect is real, it's related to social media, not screens. My happiest days were spending 10+ hours on my Sinclair Spectrum clone, the screen certainly made me feel more capable and confident in my abilities than school work or social interaction. Yet, my social interactions were moderated by the constraints of real life, that strongly dampen agresive tendencies. I can imagine in terror what it means to be a withdrawn teenager now: technology permits cutthroat exclusion of the undesirables while ridicule is instantaneous and viral.