Sec. 4. Warning label
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A social media platform shall ensure that a mental health warning label (referred to in this section as a covered label ) that complies with the requirements under this section, including the regulations promulgated under subsection (d)— appears each time a user accesses the social media platform from a server located in the United States; and only disappears when the user— exits the social media platform; or acknowledges the potential for harm and chooses to proceed to the social media platform despite the risk.
A covered label shall— warn the user of potential negative mental health impacts of accessing the social media platform; and provide the user access to resources to address the potential negative mental health impacts described in paragraph (1), including the website and telephone number of a national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system, such as the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. A social media platform may not— include a covered label exclusively in the terms and conditions of the social media platform; include extraneous information in a covered label that obscures the visibility or prominence of the covered label; or allow a user to disable a covered label, except as provided in subsection (a).
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission, with the concurrence of the Secretary acting through the Surgeon General, shall promulgate regulations containing appropriate requirements for a covered label. Not later than 3 years after the date on which the Commission promulgates the regulations required by subsection (d), and not less frequently than once every 3 years thereafter, the Commission, with the concurrence of the Secretary acting through the Surgeon General, shall review and revise such regulations as appropriate.