Denmark is set to ban smartphones in schools after concerns over children's wellbeing. Find out more about this new law and ...

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Smartphones should be treated like cars, not cigarettes – with technology built to mitigate harms rather than being banned outright, academics have argued. In a new piece published in the ...

Smartphones should be treated like cars, not cigarettes – with technology built to mitigate harms rather than being banned outright, academics have argued. In a new piece published in the British ...

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The UK could follow Denmark in bringing in a controversial "ban" for schools. The whole of Europe should follow Denmark’s lead by banning mobile phones from schools to stop them from being ...