World Social Media Day highlights safer use of digital media
The contribution social media is making to knowledge-sharing and helping connect people around the world is in sharp focus, with today being International Social Media Day.
But the world is also zooming in on the dangers it poses, especially for younger users.
Dean McCoubrey is the founder of MySociaLife - South Africa's leading Digital Life-Skills Programme.
It's being rolled out in schools across the country and teaches social media safety and digital life-skills.
McCoubrey says his team has first-hand insight into the mental and emotional health impact of social media on teens and tweens.
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McCoubrey is urging schools to tackle the problem head-on.
"We're imploring on a day like this that schools work together with mental health professionals, with parents, and students to implement a programme like this and help kids to develop a framework of the way in which they get to operate to make them safer and smarter - as they move into the next decade," McCoubrey said.