The British agency has warned parents against giving smartphones to children under 11 years old

The British communications organization EE Corporate said in new advice on the use of mobile phones by children that parents should not allow children under the age of 11 to use smartphones (old style ) which are only calls and messaging facilities, but do not have access to the Internet to run YouTube, Tik Tok or other social media sites. According to EE Corporate, it is believed that children should have a mobile phone while commuting to and from school to deal with any possible emergency, but now parents are worried that their children are exposed to online social pressure and bullying through of mobile phones to foreign media reports, recent research by the telecommunications regulator “Ofcom” revealed that almost a quarter (one in four) of children between 5 and 7 in the United Kingdom, according to Ofcom, British parents are now moving away from giving their children mobile phones at the age of 11 when they go from primary to secondary level In recent Ofcom research, it was discovered that almost 50% of children under 13 year olds in the UK use social media, despite the fact that the use of social media is prohibited for children under the age of 13.