Disruption

Another state enacts social media warning labels requirement

New York joins California and Minnesota in passing legislation this year.

Austin Jenkins

08:30 AM, Dec 21, 2025

The U.S. Surgeon General’s Warning appears on a pack of Camel cigarettes purchased at a Chicago area news stand on Nov. 30, 2012. In a Monday, June 17, 2024, opinion piece for The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

New York will join California and Minnesota in requiring warning labels on social media, after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation late Friday. 

The new law, which lawmakers passed in June, targets social media platforms with “particularly noxious design features” such as addictive feeds, push notifications, autoplay and infinite scroll. 

Stay informed
Subscribe to keep reading.

Sign up today to get the latest state new at your fingertips and in your inbox.

View Memberships