• VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You dont need a law for this. If you dont want your kid to use or have a smartphone then dont buy them one.

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      8 months ago

      The question then would be if it might cause other problems. A lot of places are moving to e-learning, for example, and might expect the students to have internet access of some form or other.

      Whether that be in the form of smartphone apps/websites, or through a laptop that the school provides, at which point, it’s basically the same thing, especially if peer pressure puts them on social media or some such.

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        8 months ago

        As I said in another comment if the parents are the ones to buy it then they can put heavy parental controls on the phones or tablets.

        I use a work provided cellphone while I’m on my job site and they have that fucker so locked down I can’t even change the auto lock timing so I know you can lock tons of things with passwords on phones and tablets.

        Idk anything about school laptops because I’m apparently old as fuck now and that wasn’t a thing when I was younger. But I would assume that they also use software to lock those down.