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Olly Stephens’ dad says mobile phones ‘take away childhoods’

Mr Stephens said legal protections would “absolutely” have helped his son if they had come in earlier.

Olly was stabbed to death by two teenage boys in a field behind his house, after they recruited a girl online to lure him there.

The entire attack had been planned on social media and triggered by a dispute in a social media chat group.

“Before Olly passed there was no Online Safety Act, therefore there was no protection for children online,” Mr Stephens said.

“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.”

He said social media companies currently “act with impunity”.

“They can basically duck any responsibility for what happens,” he said.


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