New York to require social media platforms to display mental health warnings (reuters.com)

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Thank God. Social Media is a parasite. The more people re-learn to live without it, the better off society will be!

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Will HN add the label too?

> Hochul compared the social media labels to warnings on other products like tobacco, where they communicate the risk of cancer, or plastic packaging, where they warn of the risk of suffocation for small children.

Great. I’m sure this will be just as effective as California Prop 65 cancer warnings.

The title made me think NY would be running a mental health ad campiagn but the messages would only be visible on big social media platforms.. Tbh that seems a more likely interpretation of the title in 2025.

Every time I look at the evidence, I end up finding that social media improves mental health for teens overall. Is there a new study that motivated this or are we still misinterpreting statistics?

I'm sure this will be shot down as being just as unconstitutional as when Texas tried this stunt with porn sites.

Don't fall for the illusion that major social media are somehow a modern agora. It is a personalized, individually tailored psyop.

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