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Millspaugh said the transfers were often from sober living homes back to the detox intake center in South Los Angeles.

And while high-schoolers may be forced into temporary digital detox, eventually they will graduate and enter college or the workforce, where no one is going to take their phone away.

“It really just comes out of wanting a detox from my phone being my everything,” she said.

State TV in Vladimir spun the shutdown as "digital detox", showing residents who said they now enjoyed more walking, reading and spending time with friends.

"It was quite tough to detox," she added.