Bill would force social media apps to show mental health warnings
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Sponsor: Katie Boyd Britt · Senator · AL
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Official title: Stop the Scroll Act
119th Congress
Topics: Jobs & the economy
Introduced:
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Social media and anonymous-sharing apps would have to show mental health warnings every login and hourly during use.
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What does this do?
The Stop the Scroll Act would require social media platforms and anonymous content-sharing apps to display a clear, unavoidable mental health warning label each time users open the app, with links to help resources like the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Users would have to acknowledge the warning to continue, and it would reappear every hour of continuous use. The FTC, with the Surgeon General's office, would write detailed rules within 180 days, reviewed every five years.
Who does it affect?
Companies operating social media and anonymous photo/video sharing platforms would need to redesign their interfaces; everyday users would see the new warning screens regularly.
Why does it matter?
Platforms would face FTC enforcement as unfair or deceptive practices and lawsuits from state attorneys general for noncompliance, with the law taking effect one year after signing.
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Where does it stand?
- IntroducedMay 22, 2025
- Senate committeeYou are here · Apr 14, 2026
- Senate vote
- House
- The president's desk
Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the president.
Latest action: — Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.