Social Media Mental Health Solutions
Social media is a tool that has a stranglehold on today's world, as users consistently use it as a source to communicate with others, spread information and consume content on a daily basis. While having an instrument such as social media at your disposal seems to be a helpful tool in terms of learning or interacting with others, there are plenty of cons to the constant access and usage of social media that impact society today. One of the prevalent issues that social media presents is harm to the mental health of users, whether that be through means of cyberbullying, explicit content consumption or user comparison tendencies. In efforts to address this issue and better the environment of social media, I am asking that you please sign this petition that supports efforts to address the situation through educating users in the form of a risk informing page when they sign up for the application. Additionally, we strive for the implementation of well being features such as mental health hotline promotion and applicable restrictions on the application itself through screen time restrictions and explicit content warnings. Furthermore, in order to facilitate healthy discourse between users and create a healthy environment, we petition to implement a reporting feature that actively bans users that misuse media through improper interaction. Through petitioning for these solutions, we can work to place features that cultivate an environment that promotes healthy usage of social media and healthy interactions among users. The implementation of safety measures on social media efforts is a cause that is important for both the present and future generations of users. Take action and support the cause for the sake of the future!
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