Examining the ban on the use of smart phones in Los Angeles schools

, Los Angeles school district officials are considering banning the use of smartphones in schools for 429,000 students today.

On this basis, Los Angeles education authorities are considering to protect children from the harm of social media and distractions caused by the use of smartphones that affect the educational process and the mental health of students. damaged, check this plan.

The proposal came after a senior doctor called for a warning label on social media platforms due to health and mental health issues. A label similar to what is drawn on cigarette packets to warn consumers.   

Based on this report, Los Angeles schools are investigating whether cell phones should be in students’ bags or lockers during school hours and what exceptions should be made for students with disabilities.

The Los Angeles school district presented evidence that showed cell phone addiction is associated with a significant increase in anger and cyberbullying rates.

If this plan is approved, Los Angeles as a whole It joins a number of smaller school districts that have banned children from using cell phones or social media.

In this regard, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis introduced a bill in March signed that children under the age of 14 are prohibited from using social media and 14-15 year olds must have their parents’ consent. A law that supporters believe protects children and teenagers from the online dangers of cyberspace to their mental health. Because children use such networks a lot and may get angry, depressed become mental illnesses.The supporters of this project stated that the purpose of this action is to protect the mental health of people under 16 years old from the dangers of cyberspace, because children use such networks a lot and may suffer from anger, depression and other mental illnesses.

Critics of this plan say that this bill violates the protection of freedom of speech in the First Amendment of the US Constitution, and that parents should decide about their children’s presence on social networks, and the government should not do anything about it.

Also Meta Company, The parent company of Instagram and Facebook, while announcing its opposition to this plan, stated that this action limits the decision-making power of parents and increases security concerns because the personal information of users must be entered to the extent of the approved age.

In this law, No specific social network is mentioned, but it is said that it means all social networks that provide infinite scrolling, allow for reactive scales such as liking, and have autoplay videos, as well as live broadcasts and push notifications. . However, in this law, websites and applications whose main function is based on sending emails, sending messages or text between a specific sender and receiver are excluded.

A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing informed sources, that New York is considering, based on a tentative agreement, social media companies from using algorithms. To control content for youth, without parental consent, prohibit.

Eric Adams, the mayor of New York in the month In February, the city announced that it had filed a lawsuit against social media companies including Meta, Facebook and Instagram, accusing them of creating mental health crises among young people. .

According to this report, the purpose of this law is to prevent social media companies from providing automatic feedback to minors.

In recent years, social media platforms have become increasingly popular due to their addictive nature and destructive impact on young people and Adolescents have been carefully examined.

The state of Utah in March last year was the first state in It was the United States that passed laws restricting children’s access to social media. After this state, other states including Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas had implemented this law. Many other states are developing similar legislation .

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