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Japan city drafts ordinance to cap smartphone use at 2 hours per day - Kyodo News (english.kyodonews.net)
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I would like to know how you think about this. Personally, I think it's a very good ordinance. It's not enforced, but encouraged. We should correct the situation that Xitter users and Tiktokers are getting brainfucked by spreading conspiracies.

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[โ€“] LwL@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Smartphones aren't the issue. You can access the internet in other ways. This feels very boomer yelling at clouds.

That said, as a recommendation, sure why not. People do seem a bit too glued to their phones overall. But I don't think that's anything new.

I also don't know anything about japanese laws, so I have no idea if this is a concern, but anything potentially enforcable that cuts into people's freedom arbitrarily makes alarm bells go off in my head.

[โ€“] Dindonmasker@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

Every time i see something like that from Japan i think it's a new method they are trying to get people to have more babies XD "stop being on your phone so much and go outside to meet people!"