California Compels Social Media to Add Mental Health Warning (1)

Social media companies such as Meta Platforms Inc. will have to post warning labels on mental-health risks under a bill signed Monday by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The measure (AB 56) by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D) requires platforms to display a warning each time an underage user accesses the site, then after three hours of use, and hourly thereafter.

Newsom vetoed another social media bill (SB 771) that would have made the platforms liable for knowingly promoting violent content. The legislation by state Sen. Henry Stern (D) would have made social media companies whose algorithms ...