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Katie McQue

New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools

Middle-aged white woman with long dark hair, dark eyebrows, bright blue eyes and red lipstick, dressed casually in front of an American flag.
Kathy Hochul in Niagara Falls, New York, on 22 November 2023. Photograph: Lindsay Dedario/Reuters

The New York governor, Kathy Hochul, plans to introduce a bill banning smartphones in schools, the latest in a series of legislative moves aimed at online child safety by New York’s top official.

“I have seen these addictive algorithms pull in young people, literally capture them and make them prisoners in a space where they are cut off from human connection, social interaction and normal classroom activity,” she said.

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