Social media has been TERRIBLE, take a break from it – Selena Gomez

American singer, actress, and producer Selena Gomez has voiced out her concern about the terrible effect social media is having on her generation.

According to Selena Gomez who now sits at the position of the third most followed person on Instagram behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Ariana Grande, people need to take breaks from the platforms.

She made this known while speaking during a press conference at the Cannes Film Festival where she revealed how scared she is at the exposure of young ones on the platforms.

“They’re not aware of the news or anything going on. It’s selfish I don’t wanna say selfish because it feels rude but it’s dangerous for sure. I think our world is going through a lot, obviously. But for my generation, specifically, social media has been terrible,” she said.

She went on to state that it is “impossible” at this point to make it safe when asked what she could do with her influence concerning social media.

She also revealed that she tries everything possible to avoid putting unnecessary pressure on her fans.

“I’m very grateful I have the platform in any way, I can still share things I’m passionate about. I don’t do a lot of pointless pictures. I like to be intentional with it.”

“I see these young girls, I’ll meet them and they’re just devastated dealing with bullying and not being able to have their own voice” she said.

Gomez also called on people to take breaks in social media use:

“It can be great in moments, but I would just be careful and allow yourself some time limits when you should use it and when not.”