With so many media institutions leaving X, Ciarán Lawless reflects on the relationship between social media and European society at large. Articles used in this video:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/dec/02/brain-rot-oxford-word-of-the-year-2024

https://theconversation.com/young-people-were-becoming-more-anxious-long-before-social-media-heres-the-evidence-243738

Writing, production and editing by Ewen Dausse and Adrian Burtin, based on an original layout by Alexandre Spieser. The dubbing was AI-generated with ElevenLabs.