Warnings as regulatory shortcut

Updated: 2026.01.06 22D ago 1 sources
States can try to regulate platform design by forcing broad, mandated health warnings claiming features 'cause addiction.' Those mandated claims risk First Amendment reversal, create massive scope ambiguity (news sites, email clients, recipe apps), and function as a cheaper regulatory lever that governments can wield without resolving disputed science. — If courts strike such laws down it will establish important constitutional limits on compelled speech and define how far subnational governments may try to police interface design and platform architecture.

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'NY Orders Apps To Lie About Social Media Addiction, Will Lose In Court'
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New York S4505 requires apps to display addiction warnings for feeds, push notifications, infinite scroll, like counts, autoplay, with the Attorney General holding exemption power.
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