Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones (2024)

- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 2 episodes
- Rated
- 7
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A school experiments with taking away students' phones for three weeks. The series follows the students as they adjust to life without screens and shows the effects on their behavior and relationships.
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What happens
Swiped: The School That Banned Smartphones is a British two-part docuseries that follows pupils at The Stanway School in Colchester who suffer from problematic smartphone use and social media addiction. Emma and Matt Willis follow the pupils' time away from screens as their smartphones are seized for 21 days. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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