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Mexican Lawmaker Unveils Rights-Based Plan to Curb Cellphone Use in Basic-Education Schools

The initiative envisions school-by-school rules shaped through consultations with child-welfare plus digital-rights groups.

Overview

  • Federal Deputy Diana Karina Barreras presented the plan in Mexico’s lower house on November 18.
  • The measure opts for school-by-school rules crafted through participatory processes with a rights perspective.
  • Its stated aim is to safeguard attention, healthy coexistence, and emotional wellbeing for children and adolescents.
  • Barreras has opened consultations with civil-society experts, including Fundación PAS and Tejiendo Redes Infancia.
  • The proposal is in an early consultative phase with no federal mandate in place, with potential harms from excessive screen use cited as motivation.