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Social Media Ban for Under-16s: Rob and Josh Weigh In
At 40:08 · chapter starts 39:25
The conversation pivots to the UK government's social media ban for under-16s, triggered by Josh mentioning his daughter had discovered a classmate who thought Keir Starmer had 'banned the internet'. Both hosts are supportive. Rob's analogy is the standout moment: future generations will look back at photos of people bent over their phones the same way we look at old images of people smoking on the London Underground. He's candid that he and his wife are addicted to social media apps, that they are setting a terrible example for their kids, and that the children are currently doing better than the adults. Josh notes that the endless scroll of Reels and YouTube Shorts routinely pulls children into disturbing content they never searched for, which he sees as the core problem. [1] — Rob Beckett "Rob and Josh both back the UK social media ban for under-16s, with Rob comparing future embarrassment at phone addiction to old photos of t…" 39:27
Rob and Josh both back the UK social media ban for under-16s, with Rob comparing future embarrassment at phone addiction to old photos of tube smokers. Crucially, Rob admits he and his wife are more addicted than their kids.
Both Rob and Josh expressed support for the UK social media ban for under-16s, comparing the long-term damage of endless scrolling to historical photos of people smoking on the tube.
