Logging Off: Is the Social Media Ban Justified?

On Stage

The Satellite Stage
Sunday 4:00 pm

The British government have just announced a social media ban for children under 16, but is it a good idea or not? Neuroscientist and expert on the teenage brain Dr Dean Burnett and digital technologies researcher Sarah Turner look at the evidence for and against and whether the government has actually understood it. Is the whole thing little more than a cynical setup?