NY Gov Hochul Signs Legislation Require Warning Labels on Social Media Platforms

The actual bill: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5346

Summary:

  "Requires warning labels on social media platforms which provide an addictive feed, autoplay, infinite scroll, like counts, and/or push notifications; directs the commissioner of mental health to design the warning label."

For cigarettes, complete abstention is the only choice. Maybe the pendulum for social media will help parents decide.

<eyeroll>. Not a big fan of warning labels like this. While I might agree that "social media" (whatever that gets defined to be) can have a very significant negative impact on mental health and/or society as a whole, trying to forcing platforms to putting a label to that effect seems like another instance of politicians "doing something", just like the stupid cookie warning crap we all get to click through to visit websites. I figure the money spent coming up with this bill (and that will be spent on lawyers appealing and/or developers implementing) could've been better spent on a wide array of other, more useful activities.