California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law Monday that requires social media companies to display a warning to users under 18 years old about the health risks of social media.

Introduced by state Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, AB 56 mandates that covered social media platforms display the following:

The Surgeon General has warned that while social media may have benefits for some young users, social media is associated with significant mental health harms and has not been proven safe for young users.

The display must appear when the user first opens the app, after three hours of use, and again every subsequent hour.

The law cites a 2023 advisory on Social Media and Youth Mental Health from then-US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy . The advisory reported that social media

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