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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Claudia Savage

Sorcha Eastwood calls for crackdown on social media to protect young people

Parents are demanding greater protections for young people using social media, Alliance Party MP Sorcha Eastwood has said.

Ms Eastwood criticised the government as being "out of touch" and "blind to the concerns" of parents, after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced an initiative to screen the Netflix drama adolescence">Adolescence in secondary schools.

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