They banned it. Or they are. Under-16s, off the major apps. That is the announcement. The decree. The limit.
But why?
That is the actual question. Not “can they block it,” but “is it working?” The show dives in. Professor Amy Orben from Cambridge joins. She runs the Digital Mental Health Group. She knows the data. Dr. Catherine Sebastian from Wellcome is there too. Head of Evidence. The pair untangle the mess behind the policy.
Is there proof? Or is there just noise?
They look for the signal. It’s messy work. Evidence does not sit neatly in boxes. It shifts.
Meanwhile, football returns. Again. It always does. Penalty shoot-outs. Those moments of high tension. Tom asks if they teach us anything about diplomacy. Probably yes. Maybe. The logic is thin, but it is there.
Then comes the money. Football valuation. How much a player costs. Kit Yates joins in. He teaches at Bath. He is also a fan. He brings math. Specifically, crashes. Car crashes.
The value of a player predicts traffic accidents.
Wait. What?
If their team wins? Crashes drop. If they lose? They rise. Or is it the valuation itself that shifts the curve? Kit calculates the odds. He picks a squad. Not based on talent, but on data points. Science players. World Cup style.
Tom Whipple leads it. The producers—Kate, Katie, Keiran, Martin, Jana—hold the strings. They assemble the puzzle pieces. Some fit. Others do not.
We want answers. Clean ones.
The ban comes first. The evidence follows. Or maybe it lags behind. Maybe we just press the button. See what breaks.
So. The app closes at sixteen.
But what changes?
