Jonquilyn Hill

You know, mental health, anxiety, depression, body image, those really get a spotlight in the worries about social media.

But are there harms that we're not necessarily thinking about or talking about?

A lot of this focus on social media use is focused on young people.

But this is a big tobacco moment.

Cigarettes aren't just bad for kids.

They're bad for adults, too.

As adults, should we be worried about these platforms being bad for us?

Naomi Nix, Washington Post.

Today's show was produced by Peter Baladon-Rosen, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado, engineered by David Tatasciore and Patrick Boyd.

I'm Jonquan Hill.

This is Today Explained.

This is probably my most controversial take, and I will probably regret posting this online.

The odds are you've said something you probably don't want to see the light of day.

The internet is this archive of all these different versions of ourselves.

There's the teenage fan.

I was really into the Twilight books.

The pundit.

Or if you're me, there's the reporter for your college TV station.

Virginia, it's not just for lovers anymore.

Now it's also for presidential candidates.