Digital break

The Digital break or Digital pause law is a complete ban on mobile phones in the classroom. The aim is to reduce screen time and combat cyberbullying.
The aim
The law aims to ensure that children can only rarely use their digital devices as learning aids with the permission of their teachers, but not at all during their time at school. The Digital break gets students used to being without their phones all day and teaching them to live differently even during recess instead of always being on their phones.
A digital pause is a period of time when a person stops using any digital device including smartphones, computers, and social media. They can be as short as a day and as long as a month. Digital sabbaths have also become a thing. These rituals have gained popularity over the last few years as our time on devices and the internet has increased.
History
Some schools in Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland and Hungary start to restrict the use of mobile phones.
In June 2024, in the UK, a group of schools in south London announced a ‘smartphone-free’ policy, with 17 out of the 20 secondary schools in the borough of Southwark agreeing to confiscate students’ phones if they were seen using the devices during school hours.

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