fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhoodwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaredoublejay1999@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoBut how will they ever stop these children from just walking into a store and buying a £500 phone and signing their own service contracts ?
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoA law saying phone companies can’t open a contract for a kid without a parent present?
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoIn most US states kids under 18 can’t be held to a contract so nobody would give one to them anyway.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoI think that’s what doublejay1999 is talking about. Look out for the hidden /s.
But how will they ever stop these children from just walking into a store and buying a £500 phone and signing their own service contracts ?
A law saying phone companies can’t open a contract for a kid without a parent present?
In most US states kids under 18 can’t be held to a contract so nobody would give one to them anyway.
I think that’s what doublejay1999 is talking about. Look out for the hidden /s.
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