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Campaign to bar under-14s from having smartphones signed by 100,000 parents
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2025
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There are far more than 100,000 parents who didn’t sign it.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/bulletins/familiesandhouseholds/2023
Even if we assume that each signatory represents a unique family (i.e. no couples contributed two signatures) then 100k represents only half of a percent.
Millions never even heard there was something to sign.
As far as I know, there are zero parents who signed a counter petition.