Alabama’s Senate passed a bill Wednesday banning the access and use of cell phones at public K-12 schools within the state. Senate Bill 92 introduced the Freeing our Classrooms of Unnecessary Screens for Safety (FOCUS) Act, which bans the use of devices at school and requires education boards to establish an Internet safety policy. It…
WELCOME BACK IN. EMMA OWEN HERE AT THE BREAKING NEWS DESK. THIS JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM. THE ALABAMA HOUSE HAS PASSED A BILL REGARDING CELL PHONE USE IN SCHOOLS. ACCORDING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE BILL WOULD MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES. AMONG THEM, IT WOULD BAN THE USE, OPERATION AND POSSESSION OF CELL PHONES ON CERTAIN…
Senior government officials mistakenly invited the editor in chief of the Atlantic to a group chat on the messaging app Signal, where the focus of conversation was U.S. airstrikes against rebel groups in Yemen. The app’s use by high-ranking national security officials has raised the question: Just how secure is Signal anyway? On March 11,…
SÃO PAULO — Brazilian students returned to class this week with a new task: staying away from their smartphones as a new law restricting their use in schools took effect. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a bill in January limiting smartphone access at schools, in line with a trend seen in the U.S. and Europe….
Gov. Kay Ivey looks to ban smart phones and other wireless devices from Alabama public schools, stating too much screen time negatively affects students.“According to a recent survey 72 percent of high school teachers reported that cell phones are distracting their students, we’ve also learned from parents that teens are spending an average of almost…
SACRAMENTO — There’s little disagreement on what needs to be done: Califonia schools must ban or restrict cellphones that disrupt learning. A law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom mandates every school district in the state devise a plan for campus cellphone bans or restrictions by July 2026. But educators, who gathered recently with Newsom over the…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTV) – A bill banning the use of cell phones inside South Carolina prisons will become law on Tuesday afternoon, 14 years after the corrections officer it was named after was nearly killed. Gov. Henry McMaster will hold a ceremonial signing for the bill, which has been called the “Captain Robert Johnson Act.”…