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New York’s addiction warnings for social media now law

Rob Beschizza
Dec 28, 2025
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Artist’s impression of an exemplary warning label.

In many jurisdictions cigarettes have them, and alcohol too. Now New York has a warning label for another problem product: social media platforms. Features deemed by the state to be addictive, such as infinite scroll, autoplaying/autoadvancing content, and algorithmic feeds, must carry the warnings. The …

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