# British doctors say social media ranks alongside smoking as a danger to children. They urged lawmakers to tackle the harm they say excessive screen time is causing to young people. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges says it ranks alongside smoking and wearing seatbelts in cars as a unifying force for the medical profession. Britain is consulting on restricting children’s access to social media, including a possible ban for under-16s, as well as curfews, app time limits and curbs on what it has described as addictive design features.
British doctors say social media as bad for children as smoking