What would be better policy, in your opinion?
It would be hard, and it would be 'anti-capitalism', but, I think we have done real long term damage to a generation, and I think in 20 years, like Tobacco, it I'll turn out the companies knew how much they were damaging children and covered it up.
These things are opposites - the former is a downside, the latter an upside.
the big tech companies making these phones and apps will amplify that outcry hard, and the phones will be let back in. the addiction will continue.