NY legislation would ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids

You dropped the word "algorithm" from the title, which changes it dramatically.

> New York passes legislation to ban 'addictive' social media algorithms for kids

I actually think something like this could be a positive change. Anecdotally, I know many millennials who have found Instagram Reels uncomfortably addictive. My Gen Z friends and family say TikTok has an even “better” algorithm.

At a certain point, these platforms become like (no-cost) slot machines and take away a lot of our motivation and productivity as a society. Maybe this specific piece of legislation isn’t ideal but we should probably have some sort of regulation that treats addictive content along the lines of something similarly addictive like gambling. Gambling is obviously a more severe addiction for gambling addicts but social media addiction is much more common.

Does it go against the first amendment? No idea. However, we’re losing hours every day per social media addict to these algorithms and that’s a cost that I think we should take seriously as a society.

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