Since Thursday, New York has established the strictest protections in the country to safeguard minors from social media. Governor Kathy Hochul signed two laws aimed at mitigating the impact of these platforms on the mental health of children and adolescents by regulating how tech companies offer addictive features to children and how they collect and use minors’ data. The first law, named Stop Advertising Feeds Exploiting Children’s Addiction (SAFE), requires social media platforms to default to chronological content for users under 18. The second, New York’s Child Data Protection Act, prevents websites from collecting or sharing personal data of those … Continue reading Governor Hochul Acts as New Data Shows 27% Anxiety Rate Among NYC’s Social Media-Using Teens