{"id":2373713,"date":"2024-11-26T14:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-surgeon-general-pick-called-for-banning-social-media-for-teens-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-26T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T19:26:42","slug":"trumps-surgeon-general-pick-called-for-banning-social-media-for-teens-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-surgeon-general-pick-called-for-banning-social-media-for-teens-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s surgeon general pick called for banning social media for teens &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-surgeon-general-pick-called-for-banning-social-media-for-teens-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2373713&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, President-elect \u2062Donald Trump&#8217;s\u2063 nominee\u200c for surgeon general, has called for a total ban on social media \u2064for all young children\u200d and teenagers. During an appearance on Fox News, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-shoots-proud-boy-at-rally-in-washington-state\/\" title=\"Antifa shoots Proud Boy at rally in Washington state\">linked social media<\/a> \u2062use to\u200d negative emotional outcomes \u2064in young people and \u2063advocated \u2064for the prohibition due to its harmful effects. Nesheiwat supports laws like\u200c Florida&#8217;s, which restricts\u2063 social media access\u200c for those under 13,\u200d citing concerns \u200dabout cyberbullying and\u200b online predators.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063current surgeon general, Vivek H. Murthy, has expressed caution\u200b regarding social media, urging for restrictions without endorsing a total ban. He has noted the mixed\u200d impacts of\u200b social \u2064media on \u200cyouth, while calling for informative labeling about its risks.<\/p>\n<p>Nesheiwat&#8217;s views\u200b align with\u200b a global trend as countries like Australia explore similar legislation to restrict social\u200c media use among minors. \u2064As Trump \u2062prepares to take office again, his stance on platforms like TikTok \u2062remains uncertain, especially given his previous efforts to ban the app.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump&rsquo;s surgeon general pick called to ban social media for teenagers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1889324\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s pick for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/surgeon-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">surgeon general<\/a>, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, called for a total <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">social media<\/a> ban for all young children and teenagers during a TV appearance in July. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The approach is <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">growing increasingly popular worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Janette Nesheiwat arrives at the Fox Nation&rsquo;s Patriot Awards on Nov. 16, 2023, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP Photo\/George Walker IV, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nesheiwat is a family and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-a-member-of-the-fdas-vaccine-advisory-committee-say-unvaccinated-people-are-more-educated-about-covid-19-vaccines-than-vaccinated-people\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did A Member Of The FDA\u2019s Vaccine Advisory Committee Say Unvaccinated People Are More Educated About COVID-19 Vaccines Than Vaccinated People?\">emergency medicine physician<\/a> and has been a Fox News medical contributor since 2020. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3240015\/friday-night-flurry-trump-list-nominees-round-out-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">selected<\/a> her for the role on Friday, and if confirmed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a>, Nesheiwat would be the country&rsquo;s top spokeswoman for public health issues.<\/p>\n<p>Just hours after the attempted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3102977\/trump-assassination-attempt-task-force-led-butler-pennsylvania-republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">assassination<\/a> on Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Nesheiwat did an <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/FOXNEWSW_20240714_050000_Life_Liberty__Levin\/start\/3063\/end\/3123?q=janette+nesheiwat+social+media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">interview<\/a> on Fox News in which she connected young people&rsquo;s feelings of hostility and loneliness to their use of social media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In my opinion, I think social media should be banned to all teenagers, to all young children because it&rsquo;s done nothing but harm,&rdquo; Nesheiwat said. &ldquo;Social media has had a tremendous negative impact on all aspects of society, especially our younger generations.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Florida<\/a> passed a law earlier this year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2938719\/desantis-signs-strict-social-media-bill-facing-first-amendment-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">banning<\/a> anyone under 13 from setting up social media accounts, Nesheiwat supported it, saying on Fox that the law would protect children from &ldquo;life-threatening&rdquo; online risks such as cyberbullying or sexual predators. In 2022, she also said the opioid epidemic could be fought by &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrJNesh\/videos\/728249195141320\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tackling<\/a>&rdquo; social media.<\/p>\n<p>Vivek H. Murthy, the current surgeon general, has not gone as far as Nesheiwat, but he has emphasized the need for social media restrictions and caution.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Murthy released an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3047146\/surgeon-general-calls-warning-label-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">advisory<\/a> about social media, and in June, he urged Congress to pass new labels warning users of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-blackburn-and-blumenthal-press-pinterest-on-protecting-girls-from-online-predators\/\" title=\"Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal Press Pinterest on Protecting Girls From Online Predators\">dangers social media<\/a> could pose. Murthy has also said that 13 years old is &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wellness\/2023\/05\/23\/social-media-surgeon-general-youth-health-risk\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">too early<\/a>&rdquo; for children to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-surgeon-general-issues-advisory-about-kids-use-of-social-media\/\" title=\"Surgeon General warns about children&#039;s social media use.\">join social media platforms<\/a>, suggesting that parents should unite to keep teenagers off those sites. However, Murthy stated in his 2023 public health advisory that &ldquo;social media has both positive and negative impacts on children and adolescents.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Social media overseas <\/h2>\n<p>Murthy&rsquo;s and Nesheiwat&rsquo;s opinions differ, but their shared understanding that social media poses dangers is common. All across Australia, the concept of social media bans is immensely popular. In early November, the Australian government <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australia-social-media-age-limit-e8259408c0b1456f41967decd474782a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced a plan<\/a> that would limit children under the age of 16 from using social media.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is set to be introduced during Parliament&rsquo;s final two weeks in session, which began on Nov. 18. The social media restriction could take effect 12 months after the law gets passed, blocking internet users under 16 years old from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/x-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tiktok\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TikTok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Facebook<\/a>. Children and parents would not be penalized for breaching the age limit, but social media platforms would be.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump and TikTok <\/h2>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unknown just how aligned Nesheiwat and Trump&rsquo;s opinions are on social media safety, but Trump has changed his tune toward social media, especially TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has said that he wants to &ldquo;save TikTok,&rdquo; even though he signed an executive order in his first administration to ban the platform in the United States. A bipartisan law passed in April is pushing the app against a Jan. 19 deadline to gain new ownership outside of China, a day before Trump&rsquo;s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is expected to halt the restrictions on the app when he gets into office, though. ByteDance, the app&rsquo;s owner, has challenged the ban as unconstitutional, possibly stretching the litigation into Trump&rsquo;s term, which would give him the opportunity to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would give Trump the power to extend TikTok&rsquo;s deadline back 90 days if the administration finds that progress is being made toward the sale of the app. However, if the deadline passes before Trump&rsquo;s administration takes hold, he could push Congress to repeal the law enforcing the ban on the app.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If Congress repealed the law, TikTok could remain under ByteDance&rsquo;s ownership, reigniting concerns of Chinese oversight, although TikTok has denied any allegations that China collects U.S. users&rsquo; data.<\/p>\n<p>Support for a TikTok ban among Republicans has fallen significantly since last year, with the Pew Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/09\/05\/support-for-a-us-tiktok-ban-continues-to-decline-and-half-of-adults-doubt-it-will-happen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">finding<\/a> that last year 50% supported a ban compared to 32% this summer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1889324\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1889324\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s surgeon general nominee advocates for a teen social media ban<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3427,"featured_media":2373714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24328624300567.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32364,45292,3647,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2373713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-social-media","tag-surgeon-general","tag-teens","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/AP24328624300567.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373713"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373717,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373713\/revisions\/2373717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}