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School smartphone bans are overly simplistic and not supported by young people, study finds

Outright smartphone bans in schools are likely to be ineffective and undermine students' trust without addressing core issues like harmful online content, cyberbullying and addictive platform design, a new UCL report finds.

School smartphone bans are overly simplistic and not supported by young people, study finds
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Outright smartphone bans in schools are likely to be ineffective and undermine students' trust without addressing core issues like harmful online content, cyberbullying and addictive platform design, a new UCL report finds.

Originally published at Phys.org

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