Olly Stephens was ambushed and fatally stabbed in 2021 in Reading over a dispute on social media.
Mobile phones are "taking away children's childhoods", the father of a teenager who was fatally stabbed has said.His dad, Stuart Stephens, has worked with the government on the Online Safety Act but is now turning his attention to a new bill, which focuses specifically on protecting children accessing services and content online.
Mr Stephens said legal protections would "absolutely" have helped his son if they had come in earlier. The entire attack had been planned on social media and triggered by a dispute in a social media chat group. "We understand how social media works... every time a child is on a screen, flicking through a screen, doom-scrolling... it's about making money for the companies.""They can basically duck any responsibility for what happens," he said."The impact of social media within the school system is breaking down our children's educations," he said.
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