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Completely expected that teens closer to 16 would be able to bypass it. Same thing happens with alcohol and people almost of age. But I expect younger children cannot bypass so easily so it's still a net positive.
IMO the more productive solution is to restrict cellphone use during school. They've recently done that in my area and both students and faculty have positive responses.
That's not a solution to this problem, though. It's definitely an important change for the quality of education, but if kids still have unlimited access to their phones between ~3 PM and whenever they fall asleep + unlimited access on Saturdays and Sundays then it's not doing much to rewire their brains or keep them safe.
If only they had adults that were guarding them in some legal capacity to avoid this behaviour or something
Having a law the adults can point to helps them enforce boundaries. That's what the social media ban was meant to be about