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Labour to scrutinise school smartphone bans as pressure grows over impact on teenagers
Exclusive: TV drama Adolescence adds to pressure from MPs for action to tackle impact of social media
Bridget Phillipson is to begin in-depth scrutiny of smartphone bans in schools in England as pressure grows from MPs to act on the effect of social media on teenagers. Rather than indulge in gimmicks and headline grabbing after years of telling us the guidance was sufficient like the Tories, we’re going to keep schools honest and ensure classrooms and corridors are phone-free.” MPs who backed a bill from Labour’s Josh MacAlister this year, which would have restricted social media algorithms trained on young teens, said the technology secretary, Peter Kyle, was broadly against any wider changes that would go further than self-policing.
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