Italy Drafts A No-Mobile- Phone-Phobia (Nomophobia) Law To Reduce Mobile Phone Addiction

Mumbai: The anti-establishment five-star movement has passed a draft in order to prevent and control the rapidly increasing mobile phone and computer addiction. This is particularly prevalent in the younger generation, but even adults are found sticking their noses in their phones or laptops.

The mobile phone addiction is dangerous and brings along with it a series of other nuisance like the exposure of incorrect content to kids, highlighting violence and irrelevant sites. The drafts seek to this, no-mobile-phone-phobia aka, nomophobia or the fear of not getting mobile phones.

Also, Excessive use of smartphone paired with negative attitude and feeling of anxiety and dependency on gadgets may increase the risk of anxiety and depression.

The draft proposes educational programs for parents to teach them to detect the mobile usage of their kids and prohibit them before they are addicted. It also specifies that children should be educated to use the internet and mobile phones or similar devices for conscientious use.

According to the National Association of Technological Dependence, “Half of Italians aged 15-20 consult their mobile phones at least 75 times a day,” Italian media on Monday quoted. Due to nomophobia, many of the young generation and adults like couldn’t get a good night’s sleep.

61 per cent of Italians use their tablet or mobile phones in bed, another report published in June stated that the figure is rising to 81 per cent among 18-34-year-olds. The ruling M5S said in its draft that mobile phone addiction is comparable to gambling addiction, causing “interference with dopamine production – and hormone that is secreted in our body at the times of extreme happiness. Mobile addicts feel the same surge of excitement and joy using a mobile as a normal person can feel on a rollercoaster.

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