EXCLUSIVE: Government Considering Ban on Mobile Phone Sales to Under 16-Year-Olds order-order.com/2024/04/09/exc…
@GuidoFawkes Cos they're not going to get them from their friends and family are they
@GuidoFawkes That'll solve the problem. If the government bans mobile sales to under 16s, there's no way my 7yo will get access to a mobile phone.
@GuidoFawkes Parents buy them that's not making sense
@GuidoFawkes Hows about banning kids signing up to social media platoforms unti they are 16
@GuidoFawkes problem with that survey was: all of the questions were anti phone. imagine if the first 3 questions here were instead 'having a mobile phone helps my child contact me', 'learning apps can benefit children's education', etc. I suspect the final Q would no longer yield 58%.
@GuidoFawkes In a society where you increasingly can't do anything without a smartphone. Genius.
@GuidoFawkes It's the parents that buy the phones for them,they hardly have hundreds to buy them.
@GuidoFawkes How about banning mobiles from any one using loudspeaker on public transport. If a party had this single policy I’d vote for them
@GuidoFawkes The good thing is that mobile phone contracts, which are still the most common form of smart device sale cannot be sold to under 18s. This is a non-story and poorly thought out.
@GuidoFawkes "Parents" seem to back anything, other than having themselves be responsible for their children.