Legislation
SECTION 1522
Design and time restrictions
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 45-A
* § 1522. Design and time restrictions. A covered operator shall be
prohibited from:
1. Including a warning label exclusively in the terms of service of an
addictive social media platform;
2. Obscuring the visibility or prominence of a warning label,
including via the inclusion of any extraneous text not prescribed by the
commissioner of mental hygiene under section 7.48 of the mental hygiene
law or via changes in font size;
3. Displaying a warning label at a point in a covered user's use of
such platform and/or for a duration other than that prescribed by the
commissioner of mental hygiene under section 7.48 of the mental hygiene
law; and
4. Deploying any other design feature or mechanism which intentionally
serves to inhibit or subvert the purpose of this article.
* 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)
prohibited from:
1. Including a warning label exclusively in the terms of service of an
addictive social media platform;
2. Obscuring the visibility or prominence of a warning label,
including via the inclusion of any extraneous text not prescribed by the
commissioner of mental hygiene under section 7.48 of the mental hygiene
law or via changes in font size;
3. Displaying a warning label at a point in a covered user's use of
such platform and/or for a duration other than that prescribed by the
commissioner of mental hygiene under section 7.48 of the mental hygiene
law; and
4. Deploying any other design feature or mechanism which intentionally
serves to inhibit or subvert the purpose of this article.
* 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)