Those two statements don't bear out. Homework reinforces skills, and practically all kids cheat when the bar is low enough, but that bar doesn't affect their behavior in direct social relations so easily (as you readily admit), and most are really quite honest.

And it's not about tech's anti-social influence in this case, but on the intellectual state of humanity as a whole. We've made a whole generation addicted to their phone, and now you want to remove any bit of knowledge?