Sam Hiner of the Young People’s Alliance on holding big social media corporations accountable

About this episode

Sam Hiner discusses the negative impact of social media on the mental health of American youth and the need for accountability from big tech companies.

  Despite its many benefits, few technological developments of the 21st Century have had a larger negative impact on the overall mental health and wellbeing of American young people than the rise of social media. And while no one can imagine putting the social media genie back in the bottle from which it came, a […]

People in this episode

Guest: Sam Hiner

Topics covered

• social media
• mental health
• young people
• accountability
• technology
• wellbeing

Keywords

• social media
• mental health
• young people
• technology
• accountability

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Young People’s Alliance

Places: America

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