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17 States Ban Phones, $30B Device Spending, 1,600 Addictive-Design Lawsuits
7/13/2026
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Story summary
- By August 2025, 17 states had banned phones during instruction.
- By the same date, 35 states had limited phone use in classrooms.
- Also by August 2025, 1,600 plaintiffs had sued platforms for addictive designs harming youth.
- The United States spent over $30 billion on laptops and tablets for schools in 2024.
- Maine’s 2002 laptop initiative provided 17,000 Apple laptops to seventh-graders in 243 middle schools.
