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Gov. Mike DeWine calls on Ohio lawmakers to ban cell phones from public schools
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Under a state law signed in 2024, Ohio K-12 public schools had to pass a policy limiting student device use in classrooms and elsewhere, though districts were… Read More

Ohio schools must have cellphone policies under law signed by DeWine
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio’s K-12 schools will be required to develop cellphone policies for students, under a law signed by Gov. Mike DeWine Wednesday. The measure made… Read More

Ohio largest teachers’ union says cell phone policies in their schools are good ideas
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Less than a month after Gov. Mike DeWine proposed K-12 schools in Ohio develop policies on the use of cell phones, state lawmakers put… Read More

A bill tells Ohio public schools to limit student phone use on property
By: Sarah Donaldson | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Two state lawmakers have proposed requiring Ohio’s public middle and high schools to create and publicize internet safety policies, including disallowing student phone use… Read More

An Ohio bill would require upgraded texting technology for the state’s mobile phone users
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Cell phone technology has improved greatly over the past three decades. But one Republican state lawmaker wants providers in Ohio to make sure texting… Read More

Criminal hackers are now going after phone lines, too
By: Jenna McLaughlin | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — Criminal groups have been sending threatening messages in the past couple of months to companies that manage broadband phone services all over the world, promising they’ll… Read More

In Major Privacy Win, Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant To Track Your Cellphone
By: Nina Totenberg | NPR
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The Supreme Court ruled police do need a search warrant to obtain cellphone location information routinely collected by wireless providers.