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Title: Finland Restricts Use of Mobile Phones During School Day

Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/30/1651...

Finland has passed legislation to restrict the use of phones and other mobile
devices during the school day amid fears over their impact on student
wellbeing and learning. From a report: Under the changes, which were approved
by the Finnish parliament on Tuesday and will come into effect on 1 August,
mobile devices will be heavily restricted during lesson times. Pupils will be
allowed to use them only with the teacher's permission for healthcare or
learning purposes. Finland is the latest European country to impose legal
restrictions on the use of phones and other mobile devices in schools amid
growing evidence of their impact on children and young people, including
attention and self-esteem. Earlier this year, Denmark said it would ban
mobile phones from all schools. The chair of the country's wellbeing
commission, Rasmus Meyer, told the Guardian the measure was necessary to stop
schools from being "colonised by digital platforms" and urged the rest of
Europe to follow suit.

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