It’s the age of regret: gen Z grew up glued to their screens, and missed the joy of being human | Gaby Hinsliff

Two-thirds of 16- to 24-year-olds think social media does more harm than good.

Three-quarters want tougher regulation to protect younger people from it.

Half think they spent too much time on it when they were younger, with regret highest among those who started using social media youngest.

Four in five say they’d keep their own children away from it for as long as they could.

Gaby Hinsliff's new book, Logging Off , is published in June .

Her generation has been sold that lie of connection by the big platforms, she says.

But there’s something oddly uplifting about watching gen Z start to try to rebuild the lives they’ve been missing.