Claim: Doubling of teenage depression rates is linked to social media use.
Fact-check: Telegraph headline linking depression and social media isn't backed up by article - Full Fact
Verdict: the study referred to in the article does not show this, and the expert quoted in the article said that there could be a number of factors at play.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Daniella De Block Golding
Date published: 2021-04-30T00:00:00