Bans on social media and phones: what's the evidence? - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

We explore different approaches to social media and phone bans around the world.Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriMPhones have become an essential part of most people’s everyday lives, and debates about them in schools - as well as teenagers’ access to social media - are internationally hot topics.BBC journalist Hayley Clarke joins us in the studio to talk through different approaches to social media and phone bans in schools around the world. We also hear from students in France and the US about how they would feel about potential bans.Hannah Ritchie, a BBC journalist, chats to us from Australia, where the government says it will introduce "world-leading" legislation to ban children under 16 from social media.Plus we hear from two professors on opposing sides of the debate, and ask whether the scientific evidence behind the bans is robust.00:00 Introduction00:50 Screen time challenge03:15 Average screen time statistics04:16 Which countries are banning phones and social media?05:45 Australia banning under-16s from social media07:15 Evidence for smartphones affecting mental health07:50 Modern childhood transformation theory09:42 Other studies into impacts of smartphones10:55 Why some experts think bans won’t work12:38 Cause and effect13:15 US student shares what they think14:30 French students share what they think17:05 What do companies say?17:58 Tips to reduce screen timeWatch more episodes of What in the World here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4eMOlGZclzdcHmv7s8BFQE6And you can listen to more episodes from What in the World here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvYFTA_2eIltC1UeiSsJc8Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworldWhatsApp: +44 0330 12 33 22 6Email: [email protected]Presenter: Hannah GelbartProducers: Julia Ross-Roy, Hayley Clarke and Emilia JanssonVideo journalist: Adam ChowdhuryEditor: Verity Wilde----------------This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here:Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldserviceTwitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldserviceFacebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldserviceBBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradioThanks for watching and subscribing!#BBCWorldService #WorldService #smartphones #phoneban #socialmedia