Do we need more innocence? Experts claim social media is causing a mental illness epidemic. Some suggest the only vaccine might be a much older idea of childhood innocence.
UK plans under 16s social media ban
Switch off: Australia’s parliament will vote in two weeks on stopping anyone under 16 from accessing social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. The ban is expected to become law and will take effect a year later. Glossary
NHS - The National Health Service, the publicly funded healthcare system in the UK. The NHS was founded in 1948.
Anxiety - A feeling of unease or worry. It can be mild or very severe.
Depression - Low mood that affects someone's daily life, and can last for weeks or months.
William Blake - Poet and printmaker associated with the Romantic Age (late 1700s and early 1800s). The Romantics were often doubtful of the value of science - they thought it gave reason too much credit.
Latin - The language of Ancient Rome and its empire. Today it is considered a dead language, but it was for a long time the language of academics and scholars.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - An 18th Century Swiss philosopher whose book Reveries of the Solitary Walker extolled the virtues of being alone in nature.