A growing number of European adolescents are using social media in a problematic way, according to new data that raises questions about how to safeguard the mental wellbeing of the eternally online generation. People with problematic social media use have trouble controlling their impulses on these platforms, are preoccupied with social media when they’re offline, and feel distressed when they’re unable to be online, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) report. The percentage of adolescents who met that definition rose from 7 per cent to 11 per cent between 2018 and 2022 – a sharp …