* § 7.48. Addictive social media platform warning labels.\n (a) The commissioner shall, in consultation with the commissioner of\nhealth and the commissioner of education, design the text for the\nwarning label for addictive social media platforms prescribed in article\nforty-five-A of the general business law. The text for such warning\nlabel shall be based upon a review of medical and sociological research,\nincluding from government publications and peer-reviewed scholarly\narticles, that is available at the time of the initial design of such\nlabel. The commissioners shall consider findings related to the impact\nof addictive social media platforms on the social, emotional, and\nphysical health of users, including any particularized findings for\nusers under the age of eighteen. The c
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* § 7.48. Addictive social media platform warning labels.\n (a) The commissioner shall, in consultation with the commissioner of\nhealth and the commissioner of education, design the text for the\nwarning label for addictive social media platforms prescribed in article\nforty-five-A of the general business law. The text for such warning\nlabel shall be based upon a review of medical and sociological research,\nincluding from government publications and peer-reviewed scholarly\narticles, that is available at the time of the initial design of such\nlabel. The commissioners shall consider findings related to the impact\nof addictive social media platforms on the social, emotional, and\nphysical health of users, including any particularized findings for\nusers under the age of eighteen. The commissioners shall review any\ncorrelations between prolonged use of addictive social media platforms\nand anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, low self-esteem, disruptions\nin sleep patterns, educational outcomes, changes in cognitive\ndevelopment, analytical skills, contextual thinking, attention span,\nmemory formation, and any other physical or behavioral patterns unveiled\nby such available research.\n (b) The commissioner shall be empowered to update the text of such\nwarning label on an annual basis to reflect any changing developments in\nthe state of available research described in subdivision (a) of this\nsection. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to\nestablish the process by which the office shall effectuate such annual\nupdate.\n (c) The commissioner shall further prescribe, via rules and\nregulations, at what point during a covered user's use of an addictive\nsocial media platform the warning label described herein shall appear on\nsuch platform, the frequency with which such label shall appear during\nsuch user's use, and the amount of time such label shall remain\nprominently displayed on the platform, based on factors such as the\neffectiveness of the warning label created by this section, the duration\nof user time on an addictive social media platform that may be\nassociated with particular harms, including harms associated with\ncertain times of day, user response to such label, changes in user\nbehavior related to such label, or any other factor deemed relevant by\nthe commissioner. The commissioner shall be empowered to update the\nregulations prescribed by this subdivision on an annual basis.\n (d) The commissioner shall issue an annual report to the governor, the\nattorney general, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of\nthe assembly, the chairs of the senate and assembly education\ncommittees, the chairs of the senate and assembly mental health\ncommittees, the chair of the senate internet and technology committee,\nand the chair of the assembly science and technology committee\nsummarizing: the efforts undertaken by the office to study the available\nresearch described in this section; how such study informed the\nregulations prescribing the design, temporal appearance, and duration of\nthe addictive social media platform warning label on an addictive social\nmedia platform; any changes to the text of such labels compared to prior\nyears; and any recommended legislative changes to this section, article\nforty-five-A of the general business law, and any successor provisions\nthereof, including but not limited to statutory updates related to the\ninclusion of additional design features deployed by covered operators,\nas defined in subdivision four of section fifteen hundred twenty of the\ngeneral business law, which are designed to prolong use of an addictive\nsocial media platform.\n (e) Such report shall also be posted for public review in a clear and\nconspicuous manner on the office's website.\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