Inside Britain’s School That Banned Smartphones | Swiped | Channel 4 Documentary
- Case of Brad (see timestamped section), a ten-year who committed suicide after spending time on online suicide discussion forums discussed in the Channel 4 documentary
- Dr Sanjiv Nichani Obe (Consultant Paediatrician) - non-verbal children (recommendation 30 mins phone use per day during the day for under 5s)
- only way to develop language is to talk to your child
- believes in a “total ban, not just guidelines” - this is obviously unreasonable (unenforceable and perverse consequences) but communicates strength of sentiment / clinical experience
- 10% of 9-year-olds have seen online pornography
- 64% of “young people” have
- Isaac - blackout challenge
- Peter Kyle:
- Online Safety Act: Porn servers must enforce age
- Hard to outlaw children of a certain age having handsets - hard to enforce and don’t want to have children interacting with the law for the first time breaking the law
- Experiment:
- Slept 1 hour more per night
- People reported feeling more connected
- Moods improved - 70% decrease in symptoms related to depression; 18% decrease for anxiety
- 3% boost in working memory
Concluding minutes of documentary very saccharine and untempered (one-sided).
We put the concerns we have raised to TikTok and they told us:
“TikTok is a 13+ platform, with robust built in protections like default private accounts, a restricted content experience, a
60-minute daily screen time limit, and tools that let parents guide their teen’s activity and content.
Through programs…we’re also helping families set healthy boundaries and teaching teens how to stay safe online. We’re always working on new ways to make TikTok a secure, positive space…