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* § 1520. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following
terms shall have the following meanings:

1. "Addictive feed" shall mean as defined in subdivision one of
section fifteen hundred of this chapter.

2. "Addictive social media platform" shall mean a website, online
service, online application, or mobile application that primarily serves
as a medium for covered users to interact with media generated by other
users and which offers or provides covered users an addictive feed, push
notifications, autoplay, infinite scroll, and/or like counts as a
significant part of the services provided by such website, online
service, online application, or mobile application. "Addictive social
media platform" shall not include any such service or application which
the attorney general determines offers the features described herein for
a valid purpose unrelated to prolonging use of such platform.

3. "Autoplay" shall mean when a piece of media is automatically played
without any manual input from a covered user.

4. "Covered operator" shall mean any person, business, or other legal
entity who operates or provides an addictive social media platform.

5. "Covered user" shall mean a user of a website, online service,
online application, or mobile application in New York, not acting as an
operator, or agent or affiliate of the operator, of such website, online
service, online application or mobile application or any portion
thereof.

6. "Infinite scroll" shall mean when a feed or landing page, whether
or not such feed is addictive as defined in subdivision one of this
section, automatically loads and displays additional media at the bottom
of such feed or landing page without any manual input from a covered
user.

7. "Like counts" shall mean the quantification and public display of
positive votes, such as but not limited to those expressed via a heart
or thumbs-up icon, attached to a piece of media generated by a covered
user.

8. "Media" shall mean as defined in subdivision five of section
fifteen hundred of this chapter.

9. "Push notification" shall mean an alert generated by an addictive
social media platform for a covered user when such platform is not in
use, but shall not include:

(a) notifications that have been expressly and unambiguously requested
by a covered user;

(b) notifications related to user health or safety, including
information related to data security or threats;

(c) notifications which serve a public purpose;

(d) notifications related to a user-selected setting or technical
information concerning a user's device;

(e) notifications required to comply with state, federal, or local
laws or regulations;

(f) notifications required to operate the addictive social media
platform; or

(g) notifications otherwise found by the attorney general to serve a
valid purpose unrelated to prolonging use of such platform.

* NB Effective on the 180th day after the office of the attorney
general shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to effectuate
the provisions of this act (see chapter 689 of 2025 § 5)