“For children, we need institutional bans immediately, so kids don’t form bonds with machines that they’ll struggle to break. Australia’s groundbreaking under-16 social media ban offers one model, and the fast-spreading phone-free school movement shows how protections can emerge even where sweeping government reforms aren’t feasible. Whether enforcement comes from governments, schools or parents, if we don’t keep adolescence companion-free, we risk raising a generation addicted to bots and estranged from one another.”

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“Not only are bans on social media unlikely to improve teen mental health, but they could put more children in harm's way.”

Spain wants to ban social media for kids. It won't work.