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Published: Wednesday July 18, 2012 MYT 12:00:00 AM Updated: Thursday May 30, 2013 MYT 2:17:20 AM

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PETALING JAYA: The decision to allow mobile devices to be brought to school has met with negative response among the young people. A live Twitter discussion on the plan hosted by R.AGE, The Star's award-winning youth platform saw mostly negative responses from young people, who said it could lead to problems like peer pressure, bullying and lower attention spans. One respondent, @tincancat, tweeted: “More scandalous high school videos? More drama? More cyberbullying? More anti-social behaviour?” Another user, @ShinDGypsy, believed the move would just put pressure on kids who did not have the luxury of owning mobile devices. “I think the less privileged kids

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