48% of teenagers between 13-17 really feel social media is dangerous to children their age, Pew Research research finds

Nearly half of teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17 really feel social media’s impacts are largely unfavourable on children their age, based on a research from 2024 that was simply launched by the Pew Research Center. 41% felt the impacts had been neither optimistic or unfavourable. Bansi Balar, a freshman on the University of Colorado Boulder, joined CBS News to debate.

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