California Bill Would Require Warnings on Social Media Sites to Protect Users

The bill’s authors say the black-box warnings would help shield children and teens from ‘addictive features and harmful content.’

Social media apps on a phone screen on Dec. 1, 2024. Roni Bintang/Getty Images

A proposed state law to put black-box warnings on social media in California is headed for a second hearing April 29.

Assembly Bill 56, authored by Democratic Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and Attorney General Rob Bonta, easily passed the Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection committee April 22.