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California Passes Law To Ban or Restrict Smartphones in School
Tuesday September 24, 2024. 04:00 PM , from Slashdot
That same month U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for a warning label on social media platforms, akin to those on cigarette packages, likening the problem to a mental health emergency. Murthy cited a study in the medical journal JAMA showing adolescents who spend more than three hours a day on social media may be at heightened risk of mental illness, while referring to a Gallup poll showing the average teen spends 4.8 hours per day on social media. California's bill, which passed 76-0 in the state assembly and 38-1 in the senate, requires school boards or other governing bodies to develop a policy to limit or prohibit student use of smartphones on campus by July 1, 2026, and update the policy every five years. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/09/24/0958209/california-passes-law-to-ban-or-restrict-smartphone...
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