Stefan Mileschin

Phone users are empty-headed food trough wipers

The French town of Seine-Port, in the Seine-et-Marne area south of Paris, with fewer than 2,000 people, has voted for a Phonexit.

The referendum restricts smartphone use in public, banning adults and children from scrolling on their devices while walking down the street, sitting with others on a park bench, in shops, cafes or eating in restaurants and while parents wait for their children in front of the school gates.

The village has approved a charter for families on children’s use of screens: no screens in the morning, no screens in bedrooms, no screens before bed or during meals. If parents of teenagers sign a written agreement not to give their child a smartphone before age 15, the town hall will provide the child with an old-fashioned handset for calls only.

A total of 277 people turned out to vote – about 20 per cent of the electoral register – with 54 per cent in favour of the charter.

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