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

More information is being demanded from technology companies

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.

Photo: pixabay.com < p>Using the Internet and mobile phones is not bad for your mental health, a new study has found. Scientists from the University of Oxford found that technology does not cause widespread psychological harm, as expected.

As the Daily Mail writes, 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 research into home and mobile broadband usage.

Przybylski said: “We looked very hard for the 'smoking gun' ” linking technology and well-being, but did not 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, more important things going on, but any sweeping claims about the negative impact of the Internet on a global scale should be taken with a very high level of skepticism.»

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

They explain: “Research into the impact of Internet technologies has stalled because the most needed data is collected and kept behind closed doors by technology companies and online platforms.»