UIX Reimagined #11 - Play Store with Health Warnings

It's the Google Play Store, but it provides health warnings for social media šŸ¤³šŸ»

There's a lot ofĀ evidence out there, some of it contested, that social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook etc. Are associated with widespread mental health disorders and are designed to be addictive. Even some tech execs themselves have banned their own kids from using social media and devices in general.

What if we included warnings and information on the negative impacts of these products, as happens with other products like smoking/vaping and alcohol?Ā (Relevant links below)

Business Insider - 6 tech executives who raise their kids tech-free or seriously limit their screen time

https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-execs-screen-time-children-bill-gates-steve-jobs-2019-9?r=US&IR=T#google-ceo-sundar-pichais-middle-school-aged-son-doesnt-own-a-cell-phone-and-the-tv-can-only-be-accessed-with-activation-energy-1

Forbes - Hereā€™s How Instagram Harms Young Women According To Research

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2021/10/05/heres-how-instagram-harms-young-women-according-to-research/?sh=1b164030255a

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