Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) introduced a bill on Sept. 24 requiring social media platforms to carry mental health warning labels.
The Stop the Scroll Act is a bipartisan effort to ensure social media users, especially adolescents, are aware of the potential mental health risks posed by social media usage and are provided access to mental health resources, according to a statement from Britt’s office.
“Every child deserves the chance to live their own personal American Dream, but our nation’s youth mental health crisis is getting in the way for far too many,” Britt said in the statement. “With the Stop the Scroll Act, Senator Fetterman and I are following through on the Surgeon General’s call to create a warning label for social media platforms, but we’re going further by requiring the warning label to also point users to mental health resources.”…