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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Entertainment
Lisa McLoughlin

Adolescence writer Jack Thorne calls for social media ban for children to protect them from online harm

The writer behind the Netflix drama Adolescence has called for children to be banned from social media in a bid to protect them from harmful online influences.

Jack Thorne, who co-created the series with actor Stephen Graham, centres the story on 13-year-old Jamie, a boy accused of murdering a girl at his school.

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