New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday signed a bill that would allow parents to block their children from getting social media posts suggested by a platform's algorithm, a move to limit feeds critics argue are addictive.
The law does not take effect immediately. State Attorney General Letitia James is now tasked with crafting rules to determine mechanisms for verifying a user’s age and parental consent. After the rules are finalized, social media companies will have 180 days to implement the regulations. NetChoice, a tech industry trade group that includes X and Meta, has criticized the legislation as unconstitutional.
The bill marks the latest attempt by a state to regulate social media as part of concerns over how children interact with the platforms.