Adolescence’s message has echoed around the world – but a social media ban is the wrong move | Katrina vanden Heuvel

The dangers young people face online are all too clear. But the solution is pragmatism, not prohibitionThe latest hit Netflix show has surpassed 100m views and cracked the top five of the platform’s all-time biggest English-language series – without CGI monsters, ornate gowns or Jenna Ortega. Instead, Adolescence is a four-episode limited series about a 13-year-old British boy accused of stabbing his female classmate to death. And as the story unfolds, the pernicious influence of cyb