{"id":531071,"date":"2026-07-17T18:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/531071\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T18:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:32:09","slug":"under-16-here-are-some-dumbphones-you-may-be-forced-to-use-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/531071\/","title":{"rendered":"Under 16? Here are some \u2018dumbphones\u2019 you may be forced to use &#8211; Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQM0dxdDUycUNsWGg3Y3ROTlN2S3BWdFdUVS10TWJCU2lVeG9NNmNRVDI2TURXM3pudzI0RVhROUkyZXJ6dHJQamQxaGp1Y1NwaldTV2lwUkIzbE53aFZ4VTlVa0pfaXY0QWVpa0NOVFdURUIyMWRlQ3hZMURxUTJndXd4Mmw3dE9JbjB6dnR0dVZybnlrZ1J2Nm41ejF5TEk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Under 16? Here are some \u2018dumbphones\u2019 you may be forced to use<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxOUXVaSjdTTVlRR3pzT0JXa3A3TlV0bHF4WW9SQlp3Y1c0UUMyTy1uVkQxZzlvTTBYTkYwZEx5YXVLdkgtZXozc0o1bzRmMHR5RXFJbUExdWZldHo5VFNlaHdXMklDMldiTFhuMFdqV2pYWUtObE0yMndCZkFWMF9La0VTRWdkSGk4RnNTb0ptWGJTQzZDSjV4ejlUcmhHdkVr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hold the phone. Did you say David Seymour wants to ban something?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Stuff<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxNTXlTQmk2cGJsb2lsOVY2UHRXd0V1V2NlMmdnelZMeTBpMEdKb3lFM3N5VzB1eU54UC1GV3cycVpsdVZqOTZDSlFpTVJFNTF5dDczMXZUNE9uVVFyTFlFLTgyTFlocDRnS0NVenhKck04aV9IWC1EbzVnMUd0SlNjQXkyRkIzS2hwaDNManJtSVFocXRwRkNEQUJkdmxaSDc0STFhZ0tnUHAxZ1k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Seymour suggests smartphones could be banned for under-16s<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RNZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNZG1saGx6WGcxQWdEczZ4MFZVZHRQQ1NTV2xQVFVHc3pmTlE0b1hhcldyUElqa0pVWEJLSDJqMlhtMTZZdWkzWVFXOTFidHJtRlUwd09NQ2hrcmNoQnhjbEZkYUpsaE9XeC1pdzVJaVh5Mm1ZYTZIQzNXTFJWTW9ydktacV9iemhmTldLSFREaUtMM0NqWTExYmdIWmE2RHkzQ0lrWWt0QXYyV1piOU9nenl2YUtMVkszaG94eQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">David Seymour floats banning smartphones for under 16s instead of social media ban<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thepost.co.nz<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiugFBVV95cUxOUVBMVjlxTFlMX1JYU1ROOUhialFfaERnbHZVclZyV3FSS0QwTmZwQkZvTnBUdTdWOWlxV25VTEtwRGYyemp6ZVJCbTI4cksxTWN0Z2dSV25fTnJhZ2t6dXAyS1JoX1R3LXdTOFlGZnV2UEMzUFY1eTdPbzQ3M0JDZDhfM2JYVlNyQmZ6c3ZwN25tcGV6aldRdjBMTTlzdS0wVGRocjFlNjVmc1hwTmVnazlzb3FMenlFQ1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NZ\u2019s floated social media ban for under-16s could unite two groups that rarely agree<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Under 16? Here are some \u2018dumbphones\u2019 you may be forced to use&nbsp;&nbsp;StuffHold the phone. Did you say David&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1763,342,111,43,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-531071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-article","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}