NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like addictive feeds to show warning labels about mental health impacts on young users
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Discussion
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@mukund
Mukund Mohan
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Warning labels aren't primarily about behavior change. They are about: •Legal liability protection •Public signaling •Setting the stage for regulation •Normalizing future restrictions Tobacco warnings didn't stop smoking. They justified: •Ad bans •Taxation •Age
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@commonsense
@commonsense
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NY, WE DID IT! @govkathyhochul signed our bill to require a warning label on addictive social media. This happened because parents, young people & advocates spoke up & kept the pressure on. Thank you Gov. Hochul, @Sen_Gounardes & @nily for your leadership in this huge win. [image…
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@agounardes
Andrew Gounardes
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We require warning labels for many products that are harmful to health and safety. Cigarettes, alcohol, cleaning chemicals, etc. In NY, we're adding social media to the list, because we know that excessive social media usage is associated with mental health harms in children.
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
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“Social media platforms with infinite scrolling, auto-play and algorithmic feeds will be required to display warning labels about their potential harm to young users' mental health under a new law, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced on Friday.”
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@ianopolous
Ian Preston
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More of the world should do this, and for all users. Social media is the new smoking. [embedded post]
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@stephenjwild
Stephen Wild
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What are we even doing at this point? If they're that bad for young users' mental health, how do *warning labels* solve the problem? [embedded post]
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@periapocalipticdad
@periapocalipticdad
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i want a new phrase for surfing slop life this. doom scrolling but for just mindlessly feeding at the trough of the billionaires algorithms [embedded post]
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@charlesgaba.com
Charles GetCovered-ba
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I mean it won't accomplish anything, but good I suppose? [embedded post]
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@paulbernal
Paul Bernal
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Can we stop pretending it's just young people who are harmed by this. In many ways the impact is *worse* on the middle aged. And the middle-aged vote. [embedded post]
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@mmasnick
Mike Masnick
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Mandatory internet labeling laws have been rejected over and over again as unconstitutional. I don't see how this passes any level of scrutiny. Which @agounardes.bsky.social was told multiple times by constituents (some of whom shared this with me). His response was to call th…
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