{
  "id": 4427666,
  "title": "French high schools scramble to work out rules as phone ban takes effect",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/french-high-schools-scramble-to-work-out-rules-as-phone-ban-takes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-30T12:56:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20260830-french-high-schools-scramble-to-work-out-rules-as-phone-ban-takes-effect"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The new school year starts on Tuesday in France, and with it comes a new rule: mobile phones will no longer be allowed in high schools. The ban came into force a week before the first day of term, leaving schools with little time to work out how to put it into practice.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}