Welcome!

 

 

Unplug.Scot is a network of parents, teachers and healthcare professionals across Scotland who have come together united by one thing - a profound and growing concern over the impact of screens and educational technology in classrooms.

 

Read and support our Holyrood Election 2026 Manifesto here > 

 

Join our WhatsApp group here >

 

Watch the Edinburgh Filter Failures video here >

 

If you want to see better protections from digital harm in schools, please...:

• Contact your MSP
• Contact your Councillors or MP 
• Speak with your local candidates

...and ask them to support the Unplug.Scot Holyrood Manifesto today.

 

Why did we make this group?

 

• The use of screens and AI in schools is accelerating, without any appropriate regulation.
• Schools are increasingly requiring that children use screens and digital technology routinely throughout the day, even against their will or parents’ health concerns.

• Children, as young as seven, are being asked to sign damage waiver forms which they are too young to understand. These require parents and children to accept liability for any harm encountered on poorly protected tech, with no risk assessment or national safety standards to protect them.

• We are a group of parents who would like to opt out of screens and routine digital technology use in our children’s education but fear doing so may exclude them from the education to which they are entitled.

 

Say hello!

 

We currently have a Scotland-wide WhatsApp community which you can join. This also has sub groups for individual local authority areas, so you can get in touch with other parents nearby.