{"id":19258,"date":"2024-02-25T00:33:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T07:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=19258"},"modified":"2024-02-25T00:34:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T07:34:55","slug":"b-c-government-cracking-down-on-cellphones-internet-content-at-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emrabc.ca\/?p=19258","title":{"rendered":"B.C. government cracking down on cellphones, internet content at schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Darrian Matassa-Fung Global News<\/span><\/div>\n
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Posted January 26, 2024<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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BC. government officials, including B.C. Premier David Eby, held a press conference on Friday to discuss the dangers to kids, especially elementary-aged students, of having access to phones while at school.<\/p>\n

\"\"Eby said schools are not equipped to monitor what content young students are watching, especially during recess and lunch breaks.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Staff) are monitoring yards full of kids, many of whom have cellphones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son has access to unregulated internet content every single day at school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eby used his own family as an example and said while his son does not have a cellphone, a few other students in his class do and they all huddle around the phones during their breaks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe companies that run these apps on these phones\u2026 their interest is not in protecting our kids,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cTheir interest is keeping our kids online, engaged in their apps with ever-more extreme content so they can make money.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The premier went on to announce three actions the government is taking to \u201ckeep kids safe and healthy\u201d when it comes to cellphones, social media and internet content at schools.<\/p>\n

The announcement includes three \u201cconcrete\u201d actions to keep kids and young adults safe:<\/p>\n