by @topgold, Content Wrangler.
Around 2012, something began to go wrong in the lives of teens. Depression, self-harm & suicide all increased sharply. The increase occurred at the same time social media use moved from optional to virtually mandatory among teens.
-- [Brad Wilcox](https://ifstudies.org/blog/protecting-teens-from-big-tech-five-policy-ideas-for-states)