There is growing acknowledgement that this is related to laptop usage in classroom. Countries are recognizing this and rolling back policies, citing PISA rankings.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly0vk77vdko https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/15/educa...

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pj_mukh 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Quoted in your article:

“Later this year a ban on mobiles in schools – even for educational use – comes into force.”

It’s obvious to most that taking away the laptop while leaving the TikTok will not have the intended effect.

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arthurbrown 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Nationalized social media bans and restricted device usage while in a classroom are different things. Why would TikTok ever belong in the classroom?

Of course if even educational use of laptops is restricted then personal mobile devices would also be. They are already banned in my country.

	▲	pj_mukh 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		The original article doesn’t care to explore the difference, it doesn’t even acknowledge there is a problem. If the article was “instead of a national ban, we should look at school-wide ban”, I would be sympathetic. FWIW, American states are doing exactly this[1], people still complain [1]: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/09/23/governor-newsom-signs-legi...