{
  "id": 446610,
  "title": "Social media use among youths is not about hours alone, but what those hours do",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/social-media-use-among-youths-is-not-about-hours-alone-but-what-those",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T06:23:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/opinion/126032/social-media-use-among-youths-is-not-about-hours-alone-but-what-those-hours-do"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "AN hour a day on social media may sound harmless for a young person, but if that hour is spent obsessively checking likes, seeking validation or withdrawing from real-world friendships, experts say the behaviour could signal a deeper problem requirin...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}