"Our results do not provide evidence supporting the view that the Internet and technologies enabled by it, such as smartphones with Internet access, are actively promoting or harming either wellbeing or mental health globally," they concluded.
"If apps do harm mental health, only the companies that build them have the user data that could prove it," said Andrew Przybylski, professor at the Oxford Internet Institute.
"Because the stakes are so high" if online activity really did lead to mental health problems, any regulation should be based on much more "conclusive" evidence, said Przybylski.
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