The trouble with social media bans – To make a problem disappear, blindfold yourself

‘Prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.’ Mark Twain Following in Australia’s footsteps, the United Kingdom has banned social media for under-16s . The ban will come into force in Spring 2027 ‘to give kids their childhood back’ – a phrase repeated five times in five different ways in the British government’s press release. I…