Stupid is as the courts rule. Dumb judgements male a dumb society.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8xPVUba/
#warnings #warninglabels #courts #judges #lawsuits #lawyers #ambulancechasers #funny #sad
#WarningLabels
NY Orders Apps To Lie About Social Media ‘Addiction,’ Will Lose In Court
Social media warning labels for New York kids are coming to a screen near you
"Gov. Kathy Hochul recently signed legislation requiring such labels for young users on social media platforms that allow auto-play and infinite scrolling. The labels warn young people of hazards they face while on these platforms, such as Instagram and TikTok. The law will be enforced by the state attorney general."
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Mashable: New York State will now require warning labels on social media platforms. “Much like the warnings found on cigarette packaging, the new law — signed by Governor Kathy Hochul — targets platforms that rely on features such as infinite scrolling, autoplay, and algorithmic feeds. These services will now be required to display labels cautioning users, particularly young people, about […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/02/mashable-new-york-state-will-now-require-warning-labels-on-social-media-platforms/
#NewYorkState will require #socialmedia platforms to display #warninglabels about potential harm to young users’ #mentalhealth when users interact with features deemed addictive. The law, signed by Governor Hochul, applies to platforms with #infinitescrolling, #autoplay, #likecounts, or #algorithmicfeeds. https://www.engadget.com/social-media/new-york-state-will-require-warning-labels-on-social-media-platforms-210306716.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
10 #WarningLabels That Exist Because Someone Actually Tried It
https://listverse.com/2025/06/28/10-warning-labels-that-exist-because-someone-actually-tried-it/
#warninglabels #trivia #offbeat
Texas governor signs bill mandating warning labels on certain food additives
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a series of bills into law on Sunday, including Texas Senate Bill 25, which mandates that food …
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #compliance #FoodAdditives #Governor #Legislation #publichealth #Texas #ultraprocessedfoods #Warninglabels
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2148017/texas-governor-signs-bill-mandating-warning-labels-on-certain-food-additives/
Discover the most surprising and humorous warning labels on everyday products! We delve into the reasons behind these labels, including the infamous McDonald's coffee case. Join us for a lighthearted look at product safety gone wild! #WarningLabels #FunnyLabels #ProductSafety #McDonaldsCoffee #LegalLaughs #ConsumerAwareness #HilariousMoments #InterestingFacts #SafetyFirst #ViralContent
This is your brain on drugs - part 2. Seriously, is GenX finally old enough that we think kids won't turn this into a big joke? #warninglabels #thisisyourbrainondrugs https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/10/24317835/california-social-media-warning-labels-bill
Engadget: A new California bill would add warning labels to social media platforms. “California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan have proposed a new bill, AB 56, that would require social media companies to put a warning label on their platforms to disclose their mental health risks.”
Tossing stuff out in Portland, Oregon.
#FactChecking #WarningLabels #Disinformation #Misinformation: "Warning labels from professional fact-checkers are one of the most widely used interventions against online misinformation. But are fact-checker warning labels effective for those who distrust fact-checkers? Here, in a first correlational study (N = 1,000), we validate a measure of trust in fact-checkers. Next, we conduct meta-analyses across 21 experiments (total N = 14,133) in which participants evaluated true and false news posts and were randomized to either see no warning labels or to see warning labels on a high proportion of the false posts. Warning labels were on average effective at reducing belief in (27.6% reduction), and sharing of (24.7% reduction), false headlines. While warning effects were smaller for participants with less trust in fact-checkers, warning labels nonetheless significantly reduced belief in (12.9% reduction), and sharing of (16.7% reduction), false news even for those most distrusting of fact-checkers. These results suggest that fact-checker warning labels are a broadly effective tool for combatting misinformation."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01973-x.epdf?sharing_token=Qi0SL-O5Ol3cLLIB2ZjIIdRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0OIdbKHoyNlFRzIJezKFWqv-fvrtvTix-vW742kO3bRb8UxlhyWJQRz4vOsFFx_L1CDFEn5x3KDK44ZxqZuFY5GqhgweYIpTfkxQxEun0DtV6cf14pKfI8xLoXB7_XkDi4%3D
»The #SurgeonGeneral Is Wrong. #SocialMedia Doesn’t Need #WarningLabels: This warning was not based on any actual science or evidence, but it kicked off decades of #moralpanic and #fearmongering.« https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-surgeon-general-is-wrong-social-media-doesnt-need-warning-labels?eicker.news #tech #media
I want #warningLabels on anything reported by The Young Turks, Glenn Greenwald, or the Washington Post.
It is pointless and counterproductive to put warning labels on social media. Not only will it create warning fatigue, but it'll increase tribal division. Republicans hate such paternalism and it'll be an in-your-face reminder, fueling pointless tribalism.
Find a better way than warning labels, which are too static and too blunt.
Social media is ill-defined and little more than online group communication. It was a key survival mechanism during the peak of the covid pandemic. Is Slack social media? Is Zoom? Are protocol-based tools like web browsers, email (including "listserv" and the like), and Mastodon that are based on SMTP, HTTP, ActivityPub, etc?
There is a risk that the differences between platform-based and protocol-based tech will seem a mere quibble. But look for a parallel in how the discussion went in SCOTUS recently over bump stocks and whether guns equipped with them fell under certain legislative requirements.
Unlike smoking, where the cause of harm is known and measurable, problems in social media arise from specific rules, capabilities, tools, algorithms, monetization plans, and prevailing social attitudes. Would a warning label fairly acknowledge deeply substantive differences? How?
Social media is just life by networked, electronic means. Life does have risks. Would we require warning labels on the front door of a house? Such coarse and ineffective micromanagement sparks tribalism in our society. They'll say that's coming next. Please don't give them ammo.
The details of social media matter a great deal and are worthy of study. But the right answer to everything it's not a static one-size-fits-all warning label. What will be learned will not be caution, it will be to not bother reading meaningless labels.
Let's encourage, even fund, robust public dialog using many metrics, even competing ones, for studying and reporting effects and risks of specific aspects and actions. But social media itself is too broad, vague and integrated to warn against as a whole. That horse has left the barn.
#SurgeonGeneral #WarningLabels #SocialMedia #politics #paternalism #tribalism #mastodon #http #smtp #scotus #Covid #pandemic #ActivityPub
Note: This essay is an approximate mirror of a rant I posted as a thread on the ex-bird site a while ago today. I did light editing to rework it for this forum. It still reads a bit funny with the paragraphs now unpacked into a coherent whole, but I'm not gonna bother to fix that.
No such #legislation has yet been introduced in either chamber.
#WarningLabels would send a msg to #parents “that social media has not been proved safe,” Dr. Murthy wrote in the NYT opinion section Mon.
Murthy cast the effects of #SocialMedia on #children & #teenagers as a #PublicHealth risk on par w/road fatalities or contaminated food.
#law #MentalHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/opinion/social-media-health-warning.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
The #UnitedStates #SurgeonGeneral, Dr. #VivekMurthy, announced on Mon that he would push for #WarningLabels on #SocialMedia platforms advising #parents that using the platforms might damage #adolescents’ #MentalHealth.
Warning labels —like on tobacco & alcohol— are one of the most powerful tools available to the nation’s top #health ofcl, but…requires approval by #Congress.
#law #PublicHealth
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/health/surgeon-general-social-media-warning-label.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
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