Bavaria bans cell phone use in schools
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 · Last updated 7:24 a.m. PT
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MUNICH, Germany -- The German state of Bavaria on Tuesday announced a ban on the use of cell phones in schools to prevent students from viewing images of pornography and extreme violence.
Students can still carry their phones, but will have to leave them switched off during school hours, including during breaks, state education minister Siegfried Schneider said.
The ban comes after police recently found pornography and violent images on cell phones seized from students at schools in the Bavarian towns of Augsburg and Immenstadt.
"School is no place for phoning and certainly not for distributing concoctions that endanger youth," Schneider said.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Germany_Phone_Porn.html
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006 · Last updated 7:24 a.m. PT
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MUNICH, Germany -- The German state of Bavaria on Tuesday announced a ban on the use of cell phones in schools to prevent students from viewing images of pornography and extreme violence.
Students can still carry their phones, but will have to leave them switched off during school hours, including during breaks, state education minister Siegfried Schneider said.
The ban comes after police recently found pornography and violent images on cell phones seized from students at schools in the Bavarian towns of Augsburg and Immenstadt.
"School is no place for phoning and certainly not for distributing concoctions that endanger youth," Schneider said.
©1996-2006 Seattle Post-Intelligencer
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Germany_Phone_Porn.html
Informant: James River Martin
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