lawmakers, and advocates worried.

Last year, more than half of U.S. teens said# it including TikTok and YouTube.

The latest episode# of our Student Reporting Labs series Moments of## Truth tells the story of one teen named Connor,# who faced this dilemma head-on with Instagram.

GUS, Student: When I first saw you over Zoom, I# was like, wow, that guy looks kind of interesting.

And then I just remember standing next to# you in choir every day.

Due to proximity,## we just became friends.

CONNOR, Student: Y I'm diagnosed with bipolar and OCD.

And I think# I was going through a rough patch at the time.

So that friendship was almost like of# holy stature.

I started like relying## on you to make it through the day.

We# started sharing locations around them.

GUS: I could kind of see the obsession# starting.

I remember getting like s worried about you.

And I wanted to# help you, but I didn't know how.

CONNOR: I had kind of a# lack of self-control.

Like,## I would repeatedly check, and check and check.

The accessibility that the Internet# di d not help.

And I don't think that a# 15-year-old kind of had that self-control.

GUS: You were D.M.ing me like every hour# about like how sucky everything was.

It## was kind of unwelcome.

Since it was# so frequent and so often, I gave like## one-word responses and stuff, and I was also# going through a lot at that point in time.

It had really just become a lot to# handle, like the problems of two people.

I came up to you.

I told you that I was -- I## needed to distance myself from# this relationship that we had.

CONNOR: So when we weren't talking, I tried not# to really open Instagram that much.

I learned to## practice self-control, because the thing is, if I# allow myself to consistently check the locations## and consistently check the little active thing on# Instagram D.M., then I know I'm going to spiral.

And once I'm in that obsessive# state, it's hard to get out of it.## Now that at least I'm less connected,# there's more of an GUS: We just go on walks.# We go to Goodwill sometimes.

CONNOR: When someone's actions and what# someone's doing is accessible to you at## all times, I don't think that's# how humanity is intended to be.

GUS: It's unnatural.

time.

It's also a sign that maybe you're# focusing on that person more than yourself.

GUS: I am just grateful it worked out,## I think, and how stable our# CONNOR: A beautiful ride.

GUS: Yes.