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

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan new bill, which would require internet companies to post a warning sign on their platforms to disclose their mental health risks.

Calling social media sites’ “use of addictive and harmful content for profit,” Attorney General Bonta says consumers need to be informed about platforms that can affect their mental health. The current bill does not specify how many warning labels should contain or how they should appear, but it references the Cyberbullying Protection Act and the Online Violence Prevention Act as applicable to such a requirement. The bills require social media sites to disclose how they report cyberbullying according to their operations, and clearly state whether they have a mechanism for reporting cyberbullying by users and non-users of the platform, respectively.

A new Bonta and Bauer-Kahan bill follows (Incorporated by Bonta) that asked Congress to ask for a doctor’s warning on social media. Senior US doctor Vivek Murthy made the suggestion in his speech in June. The surgeon general’s warning system requires action to be implemented, but it can be useful in changing practices. according to Murthy.

You can find out more about the latest upheaval in the world of children and social media on that the US Surgeon General published in 2023. The advisory said that social media “may have a significant risk to the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents” and that “children and adolescents who spend more than three hours a day. on social media on the Internet they face double the risk of mental illness.” The warning sign cannot solve the problem and social media is the cause of all problems for children, but texting is another area that can be drawn to change. things.

Access bill in Texas that would have required Internet companies to block youth from viewing “indecent” content in 2024, but they want warning signs on TV, especially given it seems very possible. Health problems are one of the dangers that children face on the Internet. there are also many people who check to deal with them.