Can we live without our phones? - BBC Trending podcast, BBC World Service

What happens when teens' smartphones are taken away from them? And what is social media really doing to kids?

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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?

00:00 Introduction
00:46 Teenagers give up their smartphones for a week
02:44 How do algorithms work?
06:17 How are the teenagers coping without their smartphones?
07:19 Why are some teenagers being pushed harmful posts?
11:15 What can be done keep children safe online?
14:20 Experiment reveals how hard it is for kids, and their parents, to live without smartphones

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