Lawmakers must “step up and act now” to protect the nation’s young people from the harms of social media, former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said Sunday. 

“I think Congress has so far failed in its responsibility to protect our kids, but it’s not too late,” Murthy, who served under Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, said in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.”

“It’s the equivalent of putting our kids in cars with no seat belts, with no airbags, and having them drive on roads with no speed limits and no traffic lights,” he added. “That is just morally unacceptable.”

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