Guidance comes after calls for a total ban for the under-16s and a statuary ban on mobile phone use in schools
Primary school children should not be given smartphones by their parents, one of the UK’s largest mobile phone operators has warned.
EE is advising parents that children under 11 should be given old-fashioned brick or “dumb” phones that only allow them to call or text instead.
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