The Stupid Stupid Texas Cellphone Ban
As some of you may have heard, the great state of Texas, where TheTechBoy Media is based out of, has essentially banned cellphones in public schools. TheTechBoy Media is a teen-first brand, declaring parental control applications “essentially malware,” calling privacy/teen phones “rip-offs and scams,” and forging into the teen media space. It is the position of TheTechBoy Media that this ban is a stupid, stupid law. The ban essentially bans cellphones in school full stop, with limited health and safety exceptions that we will not be covering. According to the text of the bill, which in a first draft almost banned cellphones at football games (which is not very Texan of them), this ban does not just apply to “smartphones” but “telephone, cell phone such as a smartphone or flip phone, tablet, smartwatch, radio device, paging device, or any other electronic [telecommunications] device capable of telecommunication or digital communication.” ...