Submitted on Saturday 17th February 2024
Rejected on Tuesday 27th February 2024
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
A Call for A Childhood free of Smartphones and all other such Smart Device
A total ban on the sale of all smartphones and other such devices for the under 16’s. A total ban in Schools and all public settings of the use by under 16’s of all smart devices and phones.
Smartphones expose children to a “world that they are not ready for” because they can access pornography and content on self-harm and suicide, which can have a detrimental impact on their mental health, They just don’t need one. They don’t need a smartphone at that age. A brick phone can do everything that they need.”
Ofcom research has found that 91% of children in the UK own a smartphone by the time they are 11 and 44% by the time they are nine, this unnecessary corruption of a child’s mind and the unnecessary damage to a child’s mental health has to stop.
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Ban smartphones and camera phones for under 16s: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/655473
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