States Move to Add Mental Health Warning Labels to Social Media

Legislation requiring social media sites to display warning labels to users is gaining traction in statehouses after courts blocked age-verification and parental consent laws.

A Minnesota law (H.F. 2) signed June 14 by Gov. Tim Walz (D) will mandate labels based on current evidence of social media’s negative mental health effects. New York lawmakers this month sent a measure (S.B. 4505) to Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) that would require warning labels for “addictive” platforms. The California state Assembly approved a warning label measure (A.B. 56) in May, sending it to the state Senate, where ...