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Can we live without our phones?
Marianna Spring investigates the online world's impact on children, and asks: should teenagers give up their smartphones?
The BBC's Disinformation and Social Media Correspondent, Marianna Spring, speaks to parents, teenagers and social media company insiders to investigate whether the content pushed to their feeds is harming them. We hear what happens when two teens give up their phones for the week, and ask: should teenagers give up their smartphones?
Presenter: Marianna Spring
Producer: Beth Godwin
Editor: Flora Carmichael
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Mon 16 Sep 202402:32GMT
BBC World Service East and Southern Africa
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