A comprehensive international study conducted by the Oxford Internet Institute has challenged the widespread assumption that the internet significantly harms mental health and psychological well-being. The research, encompassing data from over two million individuals across 168 countries, suggests only minor and inconsistent links between internet use and psychological distress. Mental health and the internet Professor Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute and Assistant Professor Matti Vuorre of Tilburg University, along with their team, analyzed extensive data spanning two decades. They found only slight and inconsistent changes...