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Investigate the health impact of mobile technology on children and young people

Submitted on Wednesday 9th May 2018

Published on Friday 18th May 2018

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 18th November 2018

Signatures: 125

Tagged with

Children ~ Internet ~ Psychology ~ UK

Petition Action

Investigate the health impact of mobile technology on children and young people

Petition Details

We call on the Government to examine the health impact of mobile technology on children & young people in reference to:

Sexting & Internet safety
Depression & Anxiety
General health
Sleep disorders
Technology addiction

Then commission an independent report
& act on its recommendations

Additional Information

Dr. Matthew M. Davis from University of Michigan Health System
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-08/uomh-sai080715.php

Smartphone Rehab article from the Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/teenage-technology-addiction-smartphone-rehab-seattle-clinic-children-aged-13-mobile-devices-a7684356.html

Sonia Livingstone OBE Professor of Social Psychology (former head of dept at LSE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyjbDUP1o0g&vl=en

Martin Blank PHD, Columbia University
https://vimeo.com/71864167

Dr. Devra Davis, Epidemiologist & Author (The Lancet, The Journal of the American Medical Association & The New York Times)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cJ6Il5fFg4


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