A TEENAGER is taking the Government to court for failing to protect her from smartphones at school.
Flossie McShea, 17, says she was traumatised when she was exposed to horrific images and videos from Year 7 onwards.
It included graphic videos of a shooting, a beheading and extreme pornography sent and viewed on smartphones during the school day.
The budding singer, from Devon, has joined parents of other pupils who are launching a judicial review in the High Court today, which seeks a nationwide ban on internet-connected devices in schools.
Year 13 student Flossie, who hopes to study music at university, said: “We need to get smartphones out of schools for good.
“Students show you their screens just to see your reaction.
“The thing that affected me the most was a video of two young children, about seven or eight years old, playing with a gun.
“One shot the other accidentally and she died.
“It was so disturbing I still think about it three years later.”
Flossie also said that pupils were pressured into sending nude photos, which were then shared with others around their school.
Lawyer James Gardner, of human rights law firm Conrathe Gardner, which is acting for Flossie and the parents, said: “The Government is well aware of the serious harms caused to children as a result of smartphones in school.”
A government spokeswoman said: “Phones have no place in our schools, and leaders already have the power to ban phones.”
