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Sens. Katie Britt and John Fetterman on Tuesday unveiled a bill that would require social media companies to use a mental health warning label on their platforms.
Why it matters: Some researchers have linked social media use to poor mental health, particularly among young people, and parents are pressing lawmakers to do something about it.
Driving the news: The Stop the Scroll Act would instruct the Federal Trade Commission and Surgeon General to implement a pop-up label that would require users to acknowledge the "potential negative mental health impacts of accessing the social media platform."
- U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called for a warning label in addition to the other design safety and privacy efforts on Capitol Hill.
Our thought bubble: Congress is closer than ever to passing privacy measures, but getting KOSA and COPPA 2.0 to the president's desk is far from certain.
- A warning label that doesn't increase platform liability could be lower hanging fruit for lawmakers.
