📱 Young people spend 4.5 hours online on school days and 6.1 hours at weekends.
⚠️ 14% spend more than 10 hours a day on screens.
💬 Nearly 1 in 3 say social media makes them feel stressed, sad or left out.
🛑 1 in 4 have seen harmful content online.

A new Eurobarometer survey shows the impact screen time and social media can have on young people's wellbeing.

Social media can help us connect and learn. But the findings show we must do more to protect young people online.

link.europa.eu/WtmHcP

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@EUCommission "we must do more to protect young people online"

We must protect everyone online, not just children. Fix the root causes, not just cover them up with age checks.

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