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Since Google/Apple have location services data on the phone, map databases that know where schools are, and the ability to limit use of specific apps or the entire device, do you figure they are similarly liable? It would seem a lot easier to have the platforms solve the problem once than delegate it out to be solved a millions times by every app in the store.

[niij]

Or the schools could make and enforce rules without relying on tech companies to make decisions for them? This is so ridiculous.

[LarryMullins]

Yes, I think they should be.

[fshbbdssbbgdd]

It seems completely wrong to me that every app should have a legal obligation to track the location of children to find out if they are at school.

To me the whole enterprise is totalitarian, but if I were trying to build a solution, it would look something like this:

1) Add a school control mode to the devices, similar to existing parental control mode. In this mode the school can block categories of content or usage during school hours. The school administrators don’t get to look at the student browsing data.

2) Schools can enforce a policy that unenrolled devices are banned from campus. The device can make it easy to check using something like NFC or an indicator accessible from the lockscreen (similar to the existing medical ID).

[LarryMullins]

> It seems completely wrong to me that every app should have a legal obligation to track the location of children to find out if they are at school.

Start with the big social media apps, then work from there if the general problem persists (I think it won't.)

[fshbbdssbbgdd]

From what I’ve heard from relatives, a big portion of what the kids are doing on their phones these days is just messaging in iMessage/sms group chats.