
Social Media Bans: Are We at a Global Turning Point? (Jonathan Haidt)
Published 2/5/2026

Published 2/5/2026
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is at the forefront of the campaign to ban social media for under-16s and end what he calls “phone-based childhoods”. His book, The Anxious Generation, sparked a global reckoning that has led countries like Australia and Spain to introduce laws restricting access…