They decorated the park's entrance with chalk signs like "Delete your apps on the grass" and gave out hand-drawn stickers and pamphlets detailing how to save their data before nixing accounts on apps like Instagram. While it's officially led by Gen Zers, Time to Refuse is supported and promoted by Jonathan Haidt, author of "The Anxious Generation," a 2024 book about the ties between adolescent smartphone use and rising rates of mental illness among young people. While the Light Phone and Time to Refuse aren't exactly mainstream, organizers of the Delete Day event said the goal isn't to try to scale.
Author: Julia Pugachevsky,Lauren Edmonds
Published at: 2025-10-11 21:23:15
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