Global data reviewed for new Lancet papers suggests excess screen time may constitute a youth public-health crisis — physical and mental — while the definitive proof sits locked on tech companies' servers.
Researchers can correlate; only platforms can confirm dose-response. Every year of withheld data is a year of unprotected kids.
Young artists live on phones — beats, content, fans. The tool is also the trap. Boundaries aren't anti-tech; they're pro-career: protect the attention that makes the art.
Sources: CBC News. Context from the Young Hadene newsroom.
Global data suggests serious physical/mental risks from excess use.
Platforms' internal data to measure true severity.