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Former US Surgeon General Murthy joins Common Sense Media's board
It is a platform dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families, in the interplay of technology and health.
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Jeffin T. Kaleekal - Tue, 14, Oct 2025
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U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy / Wikimedia commons
Common Sense Media, a San Francisco based non-profit, has announced the appointment of former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy to its Board of Directors.
Dr. Vivek Murthy served as the 19th and 21st Surgeon General of the United States, serving from 2015 to 2017 and 2021 to 2025. He will be collaborating with Common Sense Media, a platform dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families, in the interdisciplinary crossroads of technology and health.
Common Sense Media is noted for providing trustworthy information, education, and an independent voice. Its ratings, research, and resources reach more than 150 million users worldwide and over 1.4 million educators and more than 100K schools worldwide every year.
Over his two terms as Surgeon General, Dr. Murthy has driven impactful initiatives that have influenced both national and global health discussions. His efforts have prompted reforms in business and non-profit sectors.
He has also spotlighted vital yet often overlooked health challenges, such as the loneliness epidemic, parental mental health and well-being, the youth mental health crisis, and burnout among healthcare workers.
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While serving as U.S. Surgeon General, he had issued an advisory on the effects of social media on youth mental health, in 2023. The following year, he called for warning labels on addictive social media platforms.These are issues that are at the core of Common Sense Media's efforts.
Common Sense Media Founder and CEO James P. Steyer hailed Dr. Murthy for his expertise and said, "With Dr. Murthy's extraordinary guidance, Common Sense Media will be able to double down on our efforts to better understand and tackle technology's role in the youth mental health crisis."
Steyer further said, "He is a truly unique addition to our leadership team of policy experts, joining our Board at a time when substantive expertise and insights into tech's impact on kids' mental health are needed more than ever. His remarkable wealth of knowledge and global leadership role will be invaluable at a time when AI, including unsafe AI companion chatbots, poses an increasing threat to the mental health and well-being of our kids and families across the nation and globally."
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