New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools

Exclusive: Kathy Hochul pushes online child safety, telling social media companies: You're not going to profit off the mental health of children'

The New York governor, Kathy Hochul, plans to introduce a bill banning smartphones in schools, the latest in a series of legislative moves aimed at online child safety by New York's top official.

I have seen these addictive algorithms pull in young people, literally capture them and make them prisoners in a space where they are cut off from human connection, social interaction and normal classroom activity," she said.