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Nearly two in three teenagers in the USA say they use YouTube more than once a day. One in five say they are using it nearly all the time. It is the same story for TikTok, Instagram and more.

Today, scientists say that using social media like this could be as bad for you as other drugs from history, like tobaccoA substance smoked in cigarettes. It contains nicotine, which is addictive. . They are worried about teenagers' mental health - more teenagers say they are strugglingFinding something hard or difficult. today than just two or three years ago.

Experts think spending lots of time on social media makes you more worried about what others think. And the apps can be addictiveSo enjoyable that you do not want to stop. too - young brains find it harder to put phones down than adults.

Now one thinker believes we need stronger lawsRules that everyone must follow. to protect us. In a new book, Professor Nita Farahany says we should have a set of rightsThe things that you should be able to do or have in law. to keep our brains free from Big Tech.

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She worries that technology is getting better faster than we can keep up with. Soon Big Tech might be able to read our thoughts directly.

Other experts, however, say this is getting ahead of ourselves. There are many other reasons, they say, why teenagers could be struggling. 

Yes! Our brain is the most important thing we have. We need new laws to keep it safe. We do not know what tech companies will create next.

No! We do not know that technology companies will be able to read minds. A new set of laws could be very confusing.