Joe Whittaker

Dr Joe Whittaker is the programme director of cyber threats at Swansea University, and author of the largest ever study into ‘incels’ by the Commission for Countering Extremism.

It’s time to treat social media like tobacco

There is growing momentum behind a ban on social media for the under-16s. Last week, the Prime Minister hinted that legislation could be fast-tracked. This week, Kemi Badenoch, at a press conference with the parents of children whose deaths have been connected to social media, called for a digital ‘counter-revolution’ to protect kids. If Britain