A new California bill would add warning labels to social media platforms

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A new California bill would add warning labels to social media platforms
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, that would require social media companies to put a warning label on their platforms to disclose their mental health risks.

Citing social media platforms’ “harnessing of addictive features and harmful content for the sake of profits,” Attorney General Bonta says that consumers should have access to information about platforms that could impact their mental health. The current bill lacks detail on how much information these warning labels should have or how they should appear, but mentions the Cyberbullying Protection Act and the Online Violence Prevention Act as possible precedent for such a requirement.

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