In this interview on Els Matins de TV3, conducted in the context of the announcement of the proposal to ban access to social media for children under 16 in Spain, Liliana Arroyo, director of the Chair for Socially Responsible Digital Innovation (SoReDI) and professor and researcher at Esade, reflects on the impact of digital consumption in everyday life, especially among young people, and on the limits of measures based solely on prohibition.

The conversation addresses intensive screen use and problematic internet use, as well as their connection with the rise in anxiety, depression, loneliness, and eating disorders among young people. It also discusses the growing use of artificial intelligence tools for conversation: a significant number of young people already interact with chatbots, and some report that they find it easier to relate to machines than to other people.

Arroyo considers that the ban may be a necessary step, but not a definitive or sufficient solution on its own. She points out that the problem does not depend only on the behavior of minors, but also on the design of digital platforms, which are built to capture attention and generate emotional dependency. In this regard, she mentions the case of Australia as an example of the difficulties of applying these kinds of measures without addressing the issue more broadly.

Watch interview (Language: Catalan)