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11 October
5:51 pm

Cell phone bans fail — they don't achieve their outcomes or their desired outcomes.

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Kasie Whitener, at South Carolina U.S. Senate General Election Debate (SCETV)

5:51 pm
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Why we checked itA specific policy effectiveness claim asserting that cell phone bans do not achieve their stated goals — verifiable against empirical research and implementation data.
What we foundThe claim that cell phone bans categorically fail to achieve their desired outcomes is contradicted by multiple credible studies showing at least partial benefits, though the evidence is genuinely mixed and some studies do find limited impact.
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