New Delhi, Oct. 5 -- The way digital technologies are currently built and governed creates real risks to health worldwide, alongside genuine benefits, according to a new three paper series authored by 13 global experts, published in The Lancet.

The authors call for coordinated governance of digital systems, with the health and online safety of children and young people be made an immediate global policy priority.

"Use of digital media is now woven into the fabric of childhood and life as a young adult. Governments have let technology companies write their own rules, leading to business models built to capture attention and collect data, with health treated as an afterthought," said series chair Professor Ilona Kickbusch, Digital Transfo...