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Did social media break a generation — or just change it?

Category: Technology
Duration: 00:49:36
Publish Date: 2026-02-20 08:00:00
Description: Is tech rewiring childhood or exposing what’s already broken? Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, and a Gen Z advocate debate social media bans, attention and what “fun” looks like off-screen. Guests include social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, youth online safety activist Maximilian Milovidov and author Catherine Price.

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