Bill would ban auto-play videos and infinite scroll on social media

The biggest tech companies have "embraced a business model of addiction," according to Sen. Josh Hawley, who is proposing a legislative fix that would force online services to stop using features intended to get us hooked on our gadgets, like infinite scroll and auto-play videos.

Hawley's Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology (SMART) Act would: ban infinite scroll, autoplay, and other addictive features on social media; require social media companies to make accept/decline options for certain features easy to understand; allow people to monitor how much time they spend on certain sites and apps; and allow the FTC and HHS to ban other similar practices. Read more...