Aggression, abuse and addiction: we need a social media detox | Jonathan Freedland

Facebook and Twitter are changing our behaviour for the worse. This August, we should seize the chance to take a break

It’s August, when the talk is of holidays looming or just gone – and yet the question I find myself asking is not where, but whether.

I’m less interested in where friends or colleagues are going than whether they will fully unplug. Will they stay off their phones and, specifically, off Twitter and Facebook?

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