The UK has announced a ban on under-16s using social media. Jake and Damian's reaction is immediate: the ban is right, but it cannot do the job alone. In this episode they go back into the archive to hear from the people who saw this coming.

Jonathan Haidt on the phone-based childhood we built without realising what we were dismantling. Johann Hari on the 10,000 engineers paid to undermine your self-control. Alex Greenwood on the body image spiral that started at 15. And the guys talk Liam Lawson, whose episode drops Monday, on what happens when your phone explodes and the world turns on you overnight.

Jake shares the Ofcom data that should stop every parent in their tracks and Damian reads a message from Daisy Greenwell, co-founder of Smartphone Free Childhood, the grassroots movement that helped make today's law happen.

Listen to the full episodes:

Jonathan Haidt https://pod.fo/e/2a4563

Johann Hari https://pod.fo/e/267393

Alex Greenwood https://pod.fo/e/30cbd0

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What Every Parent Needs To Hear About Smartphones

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What Every Parent Needs To Hear About Smartphones