Pinterest looks to get ahead of school smartphone ban with new test for teens

Video Pinterest pushes teens to close the app at school

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready discusses his company’s testing prompt that encourages teenagers to not use their app during school hours.

It’s Time to Keep Phones Out of Classrooms

Classrooms across the country are facing a pandemic of distraction—incessant buzzing, pinging and chiming competing with teachers and classmates for student attention. The culprit? Smartphones and the apps on them, especially social media. As the CEO of Pinterest and a tech executive who has spent decades in the industry, I’m acutely aware of how algorithms are often designed to keep users’ eyes glued to their screens. As a parent, I see how the…

Pinterest wants teens to log off during school hours

Students won't be using Pinterest during class — or, at least, they will be heavily discouraged from doing so.The social media app is experimenting with a prompt that will encourage American and Canadian users between the ages of 13 (the minimum age for account holders) and 17 to close the app and pause notifications during typical school hours (Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.). Pinterest confirmed in an email to Mashable that the prompt will…

Pinterest will warn kids not to use its app during school hours

Pinterest is testing a new prompt that warns kids to get off the app during school hours. It only appears to minors aged 13 to 17.

Pinterest Tests Alerts to Keep Teens Off the App During School Hours

Pinterest is backing several measures to curb potentially harmful app usage.

Pinterest looks to get ahead of school smartphone ban with new test for teens

Pinterest is testing an in-app prompt to help teens focus on school instead of scrolling during school hours.