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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nicole Wootton-Cane

‘Social media played its part in my son’s suicide - we need a ban to protect young people’

Leo Johnson had always been an “adventurous” and “sociable” boy. He was usually found outdoors, and as a teenager began scuba diving - a passion that later saw him spurn his West Midlands roots for an Oceanography degree in Plymouth.

His mother Jane remembers him as excited “to get out in the world” and travel. But she also saw his attention become increasingly absorbed by his phone.

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