"My parents were strict at home but at school people can airdrop you videos or show you their screen without invitation, to see your reaction. My school had a see it, hear it, lose it' policy, but in reality we just used them under the desk, in the toilets, during lunch break, in the playground, on the bus, even in the corridors. It was impossible for the teachers to stop us."
"The thing that affected me the most was a video of two young children playing with a gun. One shot the other accidentally and she died. We were getting off the bus and a friend came over to me with it on her phone. I had to go home early that day. I was so shocked I couldn't sleep. I still think about that video three years later."
A 17-year-old girl from Devon experienced exposure to horrific images and threatening messages on smartphones during the school day and joined a judicial review seeking a ban on smartphones in English schools. Two campaigners notified the education secretary in July arguing that guidance allowing headteachers to decide smartphone use is unlawful and unsafe. Reported incidents include pornographic and violent videos, a video showing two children playing with a gun resulting in a death that caused ongoing trauma, intimate images shown in changing rooms, anime porn shared in WhatsApp groups, and Omegle exposure to men masturbating.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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