Gandhi’s 3 Things: Social Media is Main Cause of Depression

The surgeon general has come out to say social media is leading cause of teenage depression. The man accused of murdering the 4 students from the University of Idaho pleaded not guilty yesterday. Finally The LA city council will vote on using a robot dog.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Gandhi breaks down everything going on in the world. Here's
her three things. While we've been talking about this for
a while, and now our Surgeon General Vivik Morty is
out with a warning that social media use is a
main contributor to depression, anxiety, and other problems afflicting our
nation's teenagers. Now he wants policymakers and social media platforms
to share the burden with parents of managing social media use.

(00:24):
Rates of teenage depression, sadness, and hopelessness have skyrocketed over
the past decade, especially among girls. The man suspected in
the murders of four University of Idaho students will go
on trial in early October. He appeared in court where
his attorney told the judge that he would be standing silent.
That means the defendant does not make a guilty or
not guilty plea, but has the same outcome as pleading

(00:45):
not guilty. The twenty eight year old has been indicted
in the brutal murders of the students at their college
house last November, and finally, later today, the Los Angeles
City Council will vote on whether or not to accept
the donation of a controversial robot Dog to be used
by the LAPD. The boat has already been delayed twice
since early March. The Los Angeles Police Foundation is offering

(01:06):
to donate the robot dog, which is valued at about
two hundred and seventy eight thousand dollars. LAPD representatives say
the device will only be used in swat or hazardous
material situations or for search and rescue operations. It's able
to open doors and get into areas not accessible to
aerial drones. I hope you're having a great day. I'm
Gandhi and those are your three things