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am calling for new legislation and regulations that increase research funding <br /> and provide education <br /> on how children can use online platforms without experiencing the most harmful <br /> impacts; <br /> legislation that creates a requirement that social media companies protect the <br /> well-being of child <br /> users; legislation that prohibits problematic business practices and prevents <br /> companies from <br /> tricking and manipulating users; and bills that provide more leverage for federal <br /> regulators to <br /> Page 9-10 <br /> Risks for Addictive Social Media Use. Youths' biological vulnerabilities also have <br /> significant implications for "problematic social media use" or addictive behaviors; <br /> note that the <br /> regions of the brain activated by social media use overlap considerably with the <br /> regions involved <br /> in addictions to illegal and dangerous substances 14. As noted above, the <br /> developing brain is built <br /> to increase a desire for social rewards (that social media delivers abundantly), <br /> without the ability <br /> to show the capacities of inhibition and restraint capable among adults. This <br /> suggests that youth <br /> may be at risk for extraordinarily frequent uses of social media. Several bodies of <br /> research reveal <br /> that this indeed may be a very significant concern. For instance, data suggest <br /> that almost half of <br /> 9 <br />