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GAW,
1. It’s absolutely possible that they hold it’s assur, but “k’sheim shmitzvah lomar davar hanishma…etc”. I don’t think I ever saw a psak saying it’s “muttar”.
2 But I don’t actually think that’s the case. I think that Halachically all the Gedolim agree that having unfiltered internet is absolutely assur, whether it’s on a smartphone or a PC. Gedolim in E”Y, however, realizing that the vast majority of those with smartphones don’t actually get a filter for it, decided that the issue was important enough to go and make a geder. The Gedolim in the US, however, realize the American tzibur wouldn’t adhere to a geder like that.