Cell phone addiction a growing concern | READER COMMENTARY (original) (raw)

A photograph taken on February 18, 2025 shows the Nokia 3410 mobile phone of painter August Lamm, a former social media influencer with over 100K followers, displayed on a table at her art studio in east London, on February 18, 2025. Once boasting a social media following of more than 170,000, writer and artist August Lamm has ditched her smartphone and is urging others to downgrade to “dumb” phones to counter social media addiction.(Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)
Reader commentary: From schools to restaurants, it's time to put some limits on invasive, habit-forming technology.