John Espirian

Thanks to Mark Williams for demystifying LinkedIn for more than a decade via his excellent Informed (formerly Linkedinformed) podcast. He's calling it a day after 465 episodes, but the podcast isn't going to shut down. Instead, Mark has decided to hand it over to … me 😊

I'm not quite ready to go with new episodes yet but I will be soon. I hope you like it! Stay tuned.

Posted: 18 Oct 2025 at 4.06pm (GMT+1)

The UK government are banning social media for under 16s from spring 2027. This includes Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and X. They do not intend for messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal to be included in the social media ban.

I understand the counter arguments around restriction of free speech and positive uses of platforms like YouTube for learning.

I also know that I'm very glad that social media wasn't around when I was a teenager, because I would've been bullied a lot worse than I was.

Parents in particular, what do you think of this announcement?