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The Hindu
2026-03-24
Half of Countries Ban Phones in Schools Amid TikTok Concerns
UNESCO reports alarming trends in schools worldwide, citing TikTok's impact on teenagers, leading to a ban in over half of countries.
A report by UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring (GEM) team noted alarming trends related to TikTok’s algorithm, which targets teenagers with body image content every 39 seconds and promotes content related to eating disorders every eight minutes