Social media apps, designed to be addictive, are playing an increasingly large role in the lives of young people (or ‘Gen Z’).
Rikki Schlott created an Instagram account when she was 11. She now says she feels the app - and the pressure to post perfection - stole parts of her childhood.
As Facebook comes under fire for the impact its apps can have on teens, experts explain how algorithms have made social media the new “drug of choice”.
