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New York plans to ban smartphones in schools, allowing basic phones only | Kids, and some parents, are unlikely to be pleased


New York Governor Kathy Hochul said (via The Guardian) that she intends to launch the bill later this year and take it up in New York's next...

It would require social media platforms to provide minors with a default chronological feed composed of accounts they follow rather than ones suggested by an algorithm. Physical altercations had broken out on James Madison High campus the day before news of the new policy was shared, reported the Houston Chronicle. About a quarter of notifications hitting teens' phones daily come during school hours, according to a recent Common Sense Media report, and many come from their parents.

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