Mental health warnings on social media? Minnesota will require them next year

Mental health warnings on social media? Minnesota will require them next year

Olivia Kanavati might think about social media more than she uses it. The 17-year-old from a Twin Cities suburb uses an app that tracks how many times a day she opens social media on her phone. Before she can log on, it prompts her to take a deep breath and offers her an inspirational quote.Beginning next summer, any Minnesotan using social media will get a pop-up warning before they log on. Unlike Kanavati’s app, the label they’ll encounter wil…

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Supporters say the pop-up messages could encourage Minnesotans, especially kids, to think twice about how much time they spend on sites. Social media companies argue that the law is heavy-handed. The post Mental health warnings on social media? Minnesota will require them next year appeared first on TPR: The Public's Radio.