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Adolescence writer wants 'radical action not role models'

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Adolescence writer calls for 'radical action' not role models, Jack Thorne says.

He calls for the government to take "radical action" to help tackle the issues the show raises.

Thorne calls for a smartphone ban in schools and a digital age of consent in Australia .

Thorne appeared on BBC Two's Newsnight this week alongside three men aged 18, 19 and 21 .

They had mixed feelings about a social media ban for under-16s.

Thorne says he wants to make sure he establishes "a method of communicating with him" as he grows up.

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