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PM hosts creators of hit Netflix drama - and tells them he's 'not found it easy viewing'
Sir Keir Starmer has met with the creators of Adolescence for talks on how to prevent young boys being dragged into a "whirlpool of hatred and misogyny".
The prime minister hosted a roundtable in Downing Street with co-writer Jack Thorne and producer Jo Johnson to discuss issues raised in the series, which centres on a 13-year-old boy arrested for the murder of a young girl and the rise of incel culture. Opening the meeting, which was first revealed by Sky News earlier this month, Sir Keir thanked the show's creators for the conversation they have started.
Politics Live: UK expecting to get hit by Trump's 'liberation day' tariffs He said he and his wife had watched the drama with his 14-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son, and that "as a dad, I have not found it easy viewing". Sir Keir said the four-part series raises questions about how to keep young people safe from technology.
Previously it was thought they were more at risk outside their homes but that's now being "overtaken by a greater danger, which is what's happening in the home, what's happening in the bedroom, in the places where they're on their own," the prime minister said. Read more:How incel culture influenced new Netflix show He referred to real-life cases such as that of Kyle Clifford, the crossbow killer who watched misogynistic content before he murdered his ex-girlfriend and her mother and sister.
This type of violence against women "isn't new" but Adolescence shows it has taken "different characteristics.
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