Jun 18, 2026 · 27 min · 17 segments
Steve Caplin is keen on the social media ban for under-16s: not so Simon Rose. Steve is impressed by new lighter batteries for electric planes. AI is helping to cope with mutating viruses. The Argus…
Simon RoseHostSo, where do we begin? Well, we begin with social media being banned for under-16s from, they say, spring next year.

And it means the rest of us are going to have to prove who we are in order to use them.

All enacted by prime ministers who only a few months ago said he was actually opposed to this.
So, where do we begin? Well, we begin with social media being banned for under-16s from, they say, spring next year.

And it means the rest of us are going to have to prove who we are in order to use them.

All enacted by prime ministers who only a few months ago said he was actually opposed to this.
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