New York is among a handful of states eyeing social media warning labels as a way to help safeguard youth mental health. “By ...

New York State's legislative session ended this week, and lawmakers passed multiple key bills which will now head to Governor ...

The legislation also bars social media platforms from sending app notifications to minors between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. without parental consent. Hochul also signed a related bill ...

Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms with “addictive” design features will be required to post warning labels ...

The bill in New York specifically highlights "predatory features," such as autoplay, infinite scrolling, push notifications, addictive feeds and like counts. The state's commissioner of mental health ...

A bill to add a warning label to social media platforms has just cleared both chambers of the state Legislature.

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Thursday with the goal of reducing the harmful effects of social media on New York’s children. The two bills take aim at allegedly “addictive ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul today signed a bill that would give parents the ability to block their children from seeing posts suggested by a social media platform’s algorithm, a move that ...

Kathy Hochul signed several bills into ... Brad Hoylman-Sigal (D-Manhattan) said the bill he co-sponsored aims to make sure social media platforms "don’t advance disinformation and hate-fueled ...

Social media may soon be treated like cigarettes and alcohol in New York. A bill requiring warning labels on every visit to ...