Scientists have refuted the harmful effects of the Internet on people’s mental health

Technology companies demand more information

Scientists from the University of Oxford claim that using the Internet and mobile phones is “not harmful to mental health”. The study was conducted on two million people aged 15 to 89 years in 168 countries. However, it had its shortcomings.

Using the Internet and mobile phones is not harmful to your mental health, a new study has found. Scientists from the University of Oxford have found that technology is not causing widespread psychological harm as expected.

According to the Daily Mail, the study did not look at social media use. Accordingly, scientists did not analyze the amount of time spent on the Internet.

Professor Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute, Associate Professor Matti Vuorre from Tilburg University and a research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute conducted a study on home and mobile broadband use.

Przybylski noted, “We looked very hard for the smoking gun linking technology and well-being, but we didn’t find it. The popular idea that the Internet and mobile phones have a total negative impact on well-being and mental health is unlikely to be true. There may be smaller and more important things going on, but any sweeping claims about the negative impact of the Internet on a global scale should be treated with a very high level of skepticism.”

Although the study included a lot of information, the researchers say tech companies need to provide more data if they want to have convincing evidence of the impact of Internet use on people’s health.

They explain: “Research into the impact of internet technologies has stalled as the most relevant data is collected and stored behind closed doors by technology companies and online platforms.”