§ 1520 — Definitions

* § 1520. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Addictive feed" shall mean as defined in subdivision one of\nsection fifteen hundred of this chapter.\n 2. "Addictive social media platform" shall mean a website, online\nservice, online application, or mobile application that primarily serves\nas a medium for covered users to interact with media generated by other\nusers and which offers or provides covered users an addictive feed, push\nnotifications, autoplay, infinite scroll, and/or like counts as a\nsignificant part of the services provided by such website, online\nservice, online application, or mobile application. "Addictive social\nmedia platform" shall not include any such service or application which\nthe attorney general determines offers the features described herein for\na valid purpose unrelated to prolonging use of such platform.\n 3. "Autoplay" shall mean when a piece of media is automatically played\nwithout any manual input from a covered user.\n 4. "Covered operator" shall mean any person, business, or other legal\nentity who operates or provides an addictive social media platform.\n 5. "Covered user" shall mean a user of a website, online service,\nonline application, or mobile application in New York, not acting as an\noperator, or agent or affiliate of the operator, of such website, online\nservice, online application or mobile application or any portion\nthereof.\n 6. "Infinite scroll" shall mean when a feed or landing page, whether\nor not such feed is addictive as defined in subdivision one of this\nsection, automatically loads and displays additional media at the bottom\nof such feed or landing page without any manual input from a covered\nuser.\n 7. "Like counts" shall mean the quantification and public display of\npositive votes, such as but not limited to those expressed via a heart\nor thumbs-up icon, attached to a piece of media generated by a covered\nuser.\n 8. "Media" shall mean as defined in subdivision five of section\nfifteen hundred of this chapter.\n 9. "Push notification" shall mean an alert generated by an addictive\nsocial media platform for a covered user when such platform is not in\nuse, but shall not include:\n (a) notifications that have been expressly and unambiguously requested\nby a covered user;\n (b) notifications related to user health or safety, including\ninformation related to data security or threats;\n (c) notifications which serve a public purpose;\n (d) notifications related to a user-selected setting or technical\ninformation concerning a user's device;\n (e) notifications required to comply with state, federal, or local\nlaws or regulations;\n (f) notifications required to operate the addictive social media\nplatform; or\n (g) notifications otherwise found by the attorney general to serve a\nvalid purpose unrelated to prolonging use of such platform.\n * NB Effective on the 180th day after the office of the attorney\ngeneral shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate\nthe provisions of this act (see chapter 689 of 2025 § 5)\n