Digital media health risks warrant global action to protect young people, experts argue

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A series of papers in The Lancet argues that digital technologies can create significant health and online-safety risks for children and young people, despite their benefits. The authors call for coordinated global governance that makes young people’s health and safety an immediate policy priority.

The way digital technologies are currently built and governed creates real risks to health worldwide, alongside genuine benefits, according to a new three-paper series authored by 13 global experts and published in The Lancet. The authors call for coordinated governance of digital systems, with the health and online safety of children and young people made an immediate global policy priority.