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> There are now mountains of exceptionally good research showing a solid causal link between social media use and negative mental health impacts Given that ess

> There are now mountains of exceptionally good research showing a solid causal link between social media use and negative mental health impacts Given that essentially every young person uses social media, I don't see how there can be research showing a causal link - how can you establish causality when there's no control group?

nonrandomstring 3y ago
> every young person uses social media If you'd read this [0], which was the first result for "young people social media use" then you'd know that in Germany, for example only 52% use social media, Poland (58%), Czech Republic (56%), France (70%), Netherlands (65%), India (31%). At least one third of the global population under 16 yo do not use social media. There's your control group. [0] https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/04/02/8-charts-on-internet-use-around-the-world-as-countries-grapple-with-covid-19/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2020/04/02/8-charts-...