To help people build a healthier relationship with social media, the Royal Society for Public Health is launching #ScrollFreeSeptember. But with FOMO the biggest cause of excessive social media use, its success will come from building a movement that gets people to switch off collectively.

If a social network’s members remain the same but everyone’s place is reshuffled, could it impact their quality of life for the better? Canvas8 spoke to Nicholas Christakis, Nudgestock speaker and Yale professor, to learn how our online and offline networks can be harnessed for positive change.

The addictiveness of social media is no secret; likes create endorphin spikes, while a casual comment can change the course of your whole day. By striking these apps from its data allowances, a new service called Voxi from Vodafone caters to Gen Z’s desire to compulsively check their feeds.

For digital natives, Facebook and Instagram are key social lifelines – but they also present a risk to users’ wellbeing as they judge themselves by what they see on these platforms. How is satirical site Lifefaker sparking a conversation about the dangers of obsessing over one’s online image?