As the United States government considers major policy decisions regarding social media, including a potential forced sale of TikTok and new legislation to protect young users, the comprehensiveness of research informing these decisions faces scrutiny. A 2024 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) on “Social Media and Adolescent Health” may help shape those decisions, but a Rutgers Health believes the panel needed to include more public health experts and to consider more study results. Jon-Patrick Allem, an associate professor at the Rutgers School of Public Health, discussed the NASEM report in a recent American Journal of Public Health editorial. He laid out his ideas for improvement with Rutgers Today. To read the full story.