To provision people the legal right to refuse smartphone use without penalty.

Background

We are calling on Parliament to enact the Digital Autonomy and Mental Health Protection Bill. The Bill would require employers to provide non-smartphone alternatives to workplace systems and require platform designers to stop building architecturally addictive products.

Additional details

The evidence is not speculative. Studies published in peer-reviewed journals demonstrate that heavy smartphone use reduces grey matter density in brain regions responsible for attention and emotional control, reduces working memory and fluid intelligence even when a phone is merely present on a desk, and is associated with a 66% increased risk of suicide risk factors in young people. These are not lifestyle preferences. They are measurable harms.