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Are smartphones addictive for children & teenagers?

Is scrolling reducing young people’s attention spans?

Is social media damaging by design?

Who better to answer these questions than Britain’s teenagers 👇

Let’s listen to them
Miriam Cates
Teched Off
Allison Pearson

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Teched Off(@TechedoffUK) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Exam time + Big Tech's business model = difficulty and distraction.

Many kids say 'I'm definitely addicted to my phone.'

We've let this happen, we can change things.

Add your support bit.ly/3WOAbXJ

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Jonathan Haidt
DelaySmartphones

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Teched Off(@TechedoffUK) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's time to listen when our kids are saying things like this:

I can't control it
I wish I'd never had a phone
I wish I was drawing or playing outside
I've been wasting so much time

We can help them now 👉 bit.ly/3WOAbXJ

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Jonathan Haidt
DelaySmartphones

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Ben Goldsmith(@BenGoldsmith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Unfettered, obsessional use of smartphones, social media, porn and so on are messing up our children’s mental health in ways we have barely begun to understand. Support Teched Off, a brilliant new campaign working on a shoestring to fix these issues. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/teched-off

Unfettered, obsessional use of smartphones, social media, porn and so on are messing up our children’s mental health in ways we have barely begun to understand. Support @TechedoffUK, a brilliant new campaign working on a shoestring to fix these issues. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/teched-off
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My Sunny Maple Leaf Announcement(@SpeechAutonomy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The testimony of these kids hits me at a visceral level. They're asking us for leadership. Asking us to look after them. Come on, people. It's a no-brainer, children and adolescents have no need for Smartphones.

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Yrag(@PaxtonYrag) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Parental responsibility is better here than state intervention.

Maybe get your kid an indestructible nokia instead of giving them your old handset?

Banning incredibly useful tech because we don't like social media, which can still be readily accessed on other devices, is daft

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Teched Off(@TechedoffUK) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Read Miriam Cates’ scorching speech here. This MP cares deeply. Smartphones and Social Media - Hansard - UK Parliament hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2024-0…

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Oliver Scott Curry(@Oliver_S_Curry) 's Twitter Profile Photo

safescreenscampaign Allison Pearson Jonathan Haidt Teched Off UK Prime Minister Michelle Donelan MP UsForThemUK 🌟 Yes, the curated opinions of five teenagers 'leaves me in no doubt' 🤦‍♂️ How about a representative sample of 1,316 teens, which shows that most think they spend about the right amount of time on social media? pewresearch.org/internet/2022/…

@safe_screens @AllisonPearson @JonHaidt @TechedoffUK @10DowningStreet @michelledonelan @UsforThemUK Yes, the curated opinions of five teenagers 'leaves me in no doubt' 🤦‍♂️ How about a representative sample of 1,316 teens, which shows that most think they spend about the right amount of time on social media? pewresearch.org/internet/2022/…
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safescreenscampaign(@safe_screens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“That the digital revolution has diminished the wellbeing of children is now well-established. Addictive effects of tech & its impact on anxiety, mental health, attention spans & general ability to navigate the world in a more tolerant & open way points to a generational problem”

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Teched Off(@TechedoffUK) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s time for the Government to restrict smartphones and social media for children. Help us and SafeScreens to make this happen by doing 1 or 2 simple things:
1. Email the main political party leaders and your MP
2. Add your name to our form
All here👇
safescreens.org/call-for-chang…

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