Academic accused of bias for opposing smartphone ban in schools

The academic leading a government review into the impact of smartphones on teenagers has voiced her opposition to bans on social media and devices in schools.

Amy Orben, a programme leader at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge University, is running a study of the relationship between smartphones, social media and mental health.

The Times -> Read why the academic has said what she has and the impact it will now have on the study

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