Social media has been singled out as a key issue amid the rise in teenage violence in the capital. Experts say disagreements are exacerbated when played out online, and that the amount of violent content has helped normalise aggression. It comes as the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy in Croydon, south London, became the 29th teenage homicide in London in 2021, which surpasses the 27 seen in 2017, and equals the previous peak of 29 teenage murders in the capital in 2008. Junior Smart, founder of the St Giles Trust SOS Project that helps divert young people from crime, said technology giants should be asked to invest profits into areas blighted by violence. Junior Smart, founder of the St Giles Trust SOS Project that diverts young people from crime (St Giles Trust/PA) He told the PA news agency: “Violence has been normalised, especially over the last 10 years through …
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