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A comment on Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools. Parent comment

Re:Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools by gjadi on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @09:45AM (#36877608)
Legislation doesn't exist in a vacuum. I imagine there are more smartphones in classroom today that the number of GameBoy ever sold.
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Re:Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools by falcolas on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:59AM (#36878797)
FWIW, there were more gameboys sold than there are people under 18.

73M children, 118M gameboys.

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Re:Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools by edgyquant on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @12:02PM (#36879979)
There are more than 73M children in the world.
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