New York state lawmakers have passed a bill that requires social media platforms to provide a warning label on their apps.

Last year, former President Joe Biden’s Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended warning labels for social media platforms.

U.S. Sen. Jon Husted of Ohio has joined Sens. Katie Britt, R-Ala., and John Fetterman, D-Pa., in co-sponsoring the Stop the Scroll Act.

According to the bill, a "conspicuous mental health warning label" will soon be mandatory and will appear each time the user ...

The Stop the Scroll Act would require the surgeon general to develop a label that warns each user of the potential mental health impacts associated with a particular social media platform. The bill ...

The push to include warning labels on the apps has gained steam amid increasing concerns about the impacts of social media, particularly on children. Former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called for ...

Minnesota has become the first state to pass a social media warning label law that will provide users with mental health ...

Platforms could soon have to display tobacco-like warning labels, and include links to mental health resources. It’s a concept former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy pushed for on the federal level and ...

Minnesota lawmakers have passed a bill requiring social media platforms to post "conspicuous" notices warning users of potential risks to their mental health.

“They say sunlight is the best disinfectant, and knowledge is power. Social media warning labels enable users to make ...

The bill, sponsored by Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.), would require social media platforms to display a mental health warning label, directing users to mental health ...