A teenager sitting on a couch, stressed while looking at social media on her laptop.

Mercury News OpEd: Why California needs to penalize social media for teen eating disorders

“What happened next was devastating, and a painful example of why we need Assembly Bill 2, an accountability measure currently circulating the state Capitol. She transformed from a vibrant, healthy, athletic teen to someone we didn’t recognize. My daughter began secretly restricting food, exercising obsessively and spiraling into what would become a full-blown eating disorder.”…