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
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.
Private member's bill - In the UK, a type of bill (suggestion for a new law) that can be introduced by Members of Parliament (either from the Commons or Lords) who are not government ministers.
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.