Professor of Social Psychology in Society at the University of Cambridge and Author of FOOLPROOF: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity (2023) + The Psychology of Misinformation (2024). Bad News Game.
www.sandervanderlinden.com
Sander van der Linden
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Very good and nuanced piece from our student newspaper on my position on the proposed social media ban for teens www.varsity.co.uk/news/31753
Big news on the UK social media ban today: here’s my official response 👇
1/ The sustainability transition doesn’t just advance from the top down and the bottom up – change also happens in the middle, and that’s where most of us can make a real difference
Quick thread on a great new paper showing how *everyone* has an influential role to play
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🧵 Thread: Does the internet threaten democracy? I argue that it does in my latest piece in Science: doi.org/10.1126/scie...
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The UK government has announced plans to introduce a social media ban for under-16s by spring 2027.
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social reacts to today's news, and measures it against the evidence we already have about social media restrictions.
New research shows the Trump Administration's cynical efforts to use false "scientific uncertainty" messages to undermine public confidence in vaccines--and scientific evidence more generally--is highly effective. Sadly, lies kill.
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‘The future of children in a digital world, and particularly their chance to flourish in it, remains in doubt…’
Ella Rhodes reports on the UK ‘social media ban’, with comment from @sonialivingstone.bsky.social @orbenamy.bsky.social @profsanderlinden.bsky.social & more.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
In my work, I often come across the "individual" vs "system" level change debate.
Here we introduce the *A-frame*. We argue that social change arises from individuals’ Agency within their many roles in societal systems, & that this agency should be leveraged.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sander van der Linden
Sander van der Linden
Will democracy survive the internet? Do we need to choose between Facebook’s surveillance capitalism or democracy? Layered lines of evidence can inform questions like these. When considered together, the evidence gives rise to a concerning picture, as summarized in a recent report for the European Commission that I co-led.
Dear Canada,
I know it feels like we must take drastic action to protect our children from social media.
I get the intuitive appeal of a ban.
But evidence supporting move ain't great. Complex problems require, alas, a nuanced policy.
www.nature.com/articles/s44... @profsanderlinden.bsky.social
Stephan Lewandowsky
Sander van der Linden
Dr Charlie Gardner
University of Cambridge
Ed Maibach
The Psychologist
Timothy Caulfield
Climate debates often frame individual behaviour and systems change as distinct pathways to action. We suggest that social change arises from individuals’ agency within their roles in societal systems...www.nature.com
The UK government has announced plans to introduce a social media ban for under-16s by spring 2027.
@profsanderlinden.bsky.social reacts to today's news, and measures it against the evidence we already have about social media restrictions.
