Phones should be banned in schools to tackle damage by pornography – MPs told

Schools could do more to educate pupils and parents about the dangers of online pornography, campaigners say.

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Smartphones should be banned in schools to tackle the “damage” being done from children watching pornography, MPs have heard.

Campaigners told the Commons Women and Equalities Committee that schools should remove phones from children to reduce their exposure to online pornography and to stop them from “upskirting” other pupils.

Schools could do more to educate pupils and parents about the dangers of pornography and its links to violence against women and girls, MPs were told.