Don't blame social media for austerity's ills, parliament told

Commons committee hears evidence of effects of digital age on young people’s health

Social media is wrongly blamed for mental health issues in young people when the real culprit is austerity, a parliamentary committee has heard.

Taking evidence on the effects of social media on young people’s health, the Commons science and technology committee was told by the mental health campaigner Natasha Devon that “in focusing so much on social media … we can sometimes take our eye off other things”.

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