Campaign to control children's use of smart phones

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Really interesting conversations happening around the idea of campaigns to ban smart phones for children or much heavier controls on what they can access on the internet.

Ironically Brianna Ghey's mum is pushing for controls or a ban which would undoubtably limit the kinds of social media known to be influencing the transgender social contagion amongst young people.

Really interesting discussion on BBC Sounds. I didn't know that NICE consider to take away a smart phone from a child over the age of 13 is against their liberties.

I hope these campaigns catch on and Labour are brave enough to legislate once they have power (because it won't be a popular move amongst TRAs)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0h9h4nt

Also non-smartphones like Nokia tend to be more environmentally friendly, simpler to manufacture, fewer components, longer lasting, longer battery life etc.
The digital footprint of smartphones is significant - not only their manufacture and ultimate fate as digital waste,but also the huge amounts of data needed to carry all those images, especially videos, around the globe. All those 0s and 1s have to be warehoused in data centres, which consume humongous amounts of electricity.