Jonathan Haidt: Why the Right should support the social media ban ^72%

UnHerd - By Freddie Sayers - 7/5/2026, 11:02 PM

Hasty Generalization 19% - Negativity Bias 12.9% - Appeal to Emotion 12.2%

Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation must count as one of the most influential books of the decade. Within a year of its publication, countries across the Western world were moving to ban smartphones in school, and prevent access to porn and social media for under-16s. But the politics have been surprising. The Right is increasingly... more