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I strongly believe that social media platforms need to provide better mental health resources for young users. According to luriechildrens.org, lifespan.org, healthcare.utah, and cuimc.columbia, social media is causing teens from around the world to be cyberbullied, body shamed, alienated, depressed, anxious, hopeless, aggressive, insensitive, and even have suicidal thought. Many teens share too much of their privacy and personal space.    People (especially teens) have spent too much time on social media and have become addicted. Social media can lead to violence and physical fights.  Social media can also lead to FOMO  (fear of missing out), because they want to keep up with every post and not miss out on anything. In my opinion, social media is not the problem; it's how often people use it and how much time they spend on it. Some may disagree or agree with me.Minors may be exposed to online dating. Online dating can open a lot of dangers, including stalking, inappropriate content they might share with minors, and catfishing. Catfishing is when someone throws a bunch of compliments, which might make them want the other person to toy with the minor's feelings and expose them.According to inhope.org, it explains how minors are groomed on a social media platform and the side effects, including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and suicidal thoughts. Grooming is when someone builds a relationship with a minor to manipulate, expose, and abuse them. Social media opens up a whole new level of strangers. It's different from going out or hanging out with friends and people, but it could still happen in person. But social media opens up the whole world. A minor could even be groomed by some stranger, a family member or even someone they know trying to build a relationship. A minor who could be talking to someone on the other side of the globe. Too many minors have been groomed through social mediaAccording to www.cuimc.columbia.edu, “data show that those with ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) can fall into the rabbit hole of spending more time on social media and less time in the world.” Some people who have a short attention span will get bored turning to social media as well gaming.According to McMillen Health, a study showed that false news spreads faster than true stories. Meaning that many social media users are educated in something that never happened, isn't real, or is just flat out false. Some may end up reposting and reposting the same old and false news to the point where everyone knows and thinks it's real. That will be very hard to undo and say it's actually false and just a lie after seeing the same post over and over again.I think social media makes people (especially teens) feel anxious, hopeless, and insecure if they spend too much time on it. According to Columbia University, people (especially teens) who are antisocial and addicted to social media are more likely to feel lonely, and some may be so busy posting, scrolling, and liking that they hardly ever leave the house. Because they haven't been out, they are more likely to be cyberbullied. Being cyberbullied can have long-term effects on the victim. Social media is making this generation less social in person. Many people are so addicted to their social media that they don't realize what's going on around them and could get hurt by tripping or crossing a street without looking both ways. According to lifespan.org, getting likes is similar to getting a reward in a video game, so your brain gives you a dose of dopamine, which acts on areas of the brain that give you feelings of happiness, and then when you get likes and thumbs up, it creates an addiction.Some toddlers have been so addicted to social media that when they sleep, they move their hands in the motion of scrolling on tick-tock or YouTube. Some are even seen using two devices at once. For example, a kid or toddler is playing Nintendo and has a phone or tablet; on the other hand, they are scrolling through an array of social media platforms, switching back and forth from Nintendo to various social media apps.Every social media platform is an arena for content that is not appropriate for minors. Some kids get social media too young and scroll through inappropriate posts. According to lifespan.org, any social media platform can expose children to information that is not age-appropriate. If there were a kid-friendly social media platform, adults would not have to worry about what their children were doing and seeing on social media. Some social media sites already have a kid-friendly platform. like Facebook Messenger. It has an app where the parents can look at everything that they are doing. The parents also have to approve anyone who tries to get their child on social media. Messenger kids are just for communication; there is no access to other users unless you, the minors parents, approve. Social media needs more things, like Messenger Kids.Again, as I have said before, people (including teens) spend too much time on social media. Social media can cause depression, anxiety, and cyberbullying, as well as violence and physical fighting. Social media makes people (especially teens) feel anxious, hopeless, and insecure.