Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers’ mental health. By Ellen Barry and Cecilia Kang The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek ...

I've studied social media’s impact on the developing brain, so I’m all for warning labels. In fact, I'd argue it's the least we can do to protect our young people.

Teens holding smartphones. The Stop the Scroll Act, if passed, will require all social media platforms to include mental health warning labels in the form of a pop-up alert that users will have to ...

This push comes after a June New York Times op-ed by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, in which he urges lawmakers to require social media platforms to place tobacco-style warning labels on ...

N.H. Attorney General John Formella has joined with his counterparts nationwide in urging Congress to require companies to put warnings on their social media websites describing dangers posed to ...

The attorneys general of 42 states are sending a letter to Congress supporting the United States Surgeon General’s recent call for Congress to require a surgeon general’s warning on social ...

Advocates for a new bill at the state capitol that would require warning labels on social media say it will protect kids from some of the dangers on the different platforms.

Hifi Health News Should social media platforms carry warning labels? Two senators think so. In September, Sens. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) introduced the Stop the Scroll Act ...

Assembly Bill 56 was proposed last week by state Rep. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda. "Social media platforms have built systems designed to keep our children endlessly engaged, often at the ...

What would AB 56 do? If passed and signed into law, algorithm-driven social media sites would be required to include a "black box warning" on their platforms, not unlike those required on tobacco ...