Obama applauds ‘sensible’ call for social media youth warnings

Former President Obama praised Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Tuesday for his “sensible” push to require social media platforms to include warning labels about the risks associated with youth mental health.

“I’m glad to see support growing for sensible rules to mitigate the damaging effects of social media on kids’ mental health,” Obama wrote Tuesday on social platform X.

Obama's post included a link to Murthy's op-ed, published Monday in The New York Times, in which h...