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Summary
In Greystones, Ireland, a community has agreed that children should wait until secondary school age before getting a smartphone. The episode also shares a story about a woman who created a safety device after a late-night attack and discusses an experiment where AI ran a café in Sweden.Key Facts
- Greystones has a volunteer rule to delay giving smartphones to children until they reach secondary school.
- The "It Takes A Village" initiative supports this approach to managing children's phone use.
- A local school principal and a parent explain the reasons behind this agreement.
- A woman developed a wearable device to improve safety after surviving an attack.
- In Sweden, a café was operated by artificial intelligence (AI) to test how it would work.
- The episode was presented by Shiona McCallum and produced by Tom Quinn.
- The story was broadcast on the World Service on July 7, 2026.
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