Social media is just like a tool that can't invent anything on its own, but it is conditioned-based on what the user feeds it with. Some years ago, I used to love sad and depressing stories, and anytime I went to social media, I typed 'stories that can make me cry, sad love stories, etc.' As time went on, I didn't need to type it because once I opened my account, sad stories were already there for me to read. At a point, it amplified and increased the chance of me getting depressed because what we feed our minds with later becomes our reality subconsciously.so i will say social media is an amplifier that amplifies what is inside a container.
In conclusion, social media isn't the cause of depression for teenagers; rather, it is an amplifier of what resides in such a child.
