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UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Are any under 16 buying the phones themselves? With the price of phones now I’d guess for the vast majority it is the parents themselves buy it for their kids.

At that point it’s for the parents to decide for themselves

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can still buy perfectly good phones for 1-200€ but yeah the blame still mostly lies with the parents imo.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The "blame" lies with no one except for the big social media megacorporations that develop and distribute addictive apps. Phone use by teenagers, or anyone else, is not intrinsically connected to any adverse effects. Rather, negative health consequences for children are the result of an unchecked, raging hypercapitalism.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Yes and no. I agree we should regulate these companies and make them partially responsible for the harm they cause, but you cant sue a knife company if your kid stabs someone. Its your responsibility to make sure your kids dont fall into the traps that exist in our world.

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