Minnesota lawmakers approve social media mental health warning measure

Minnesota passes mental health warning label mandate for social media.

Platforms could soon have to display tobacco-like warning labels, and include links to mental health resources. It’s a concept former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy pushed for on the federal level and that many states backed. It heads to Gov. Tim Walz (D), but VP of litigation Kathleen Farley at tech industry group Chamber of Progress warns signing it would enact “a clear First Amendment violation, and Minnesota would waste millions defending it i…

Minnesota lawmakers approve social media mental health warning measure

Minnesota lawmakers have approved a measure requiring social media platforms to display a warning label, cautioning about the negative impacts of its use on mental health.  The bill, which the legislature sent to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) on Thursday, requires platforms to display the warning each time a user accesses the site. Users must acknowledge…

Minnesota is first state to pass social media warning labels to address mental health

MINNESOTA (KVRR) — Minnesota has become the first state to pass a social media warning label law that will provide users with mental health resources. KVRR’s Juliana Pelaez has more on why kids may be at a bigger mental health risk than we think. Social Media is a resource that billions of people use every day. And soon, many Minnesotans will see warning labels when they use a platform. “We see every single day kids being sextorted, kids being t…

Minnesota becomes first state to pass social media warning label law

According to the bill, a "conspicuous mental health warning label" will soon be mandatory and will appear each time the user logs on, beginning July 2026.

Minnesota Approves First-of-Its-Kind Social Media Warning Label Mandate: Provision attached to special session omnibus bill - Chamber of Progress

Yesterday, the Minnesota legislature passed first-of-its-kind legislation requiring online platforms to display mental health warning labels to all users upon opening the app. The provision now heads to Governor Tim Walz’s desk.  “Imagine if bookstores were forced to post warning labels on their front door that the entire place is dangerous because some books inside are explicit. That’s what this bill does to social media,” said Chamber of Progr…