A Bill That Stop Social Media Addiction

(Business Insider) US Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced a new bill intended intended to regulate the way that users interact with social media the latest in a series of proposed legislation aimed at major tech companies. The Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology Act would fundamentally change the way that social media platforms like Facebook YouTube Twitter and Snapchat engage with users and call greater attention to how much time users are spending on each platform. The business model for many internet companies especially social media companies is to capture as much of their users attention as possible reads the bill in part. To achieve this end some of the internet companies design their platforms and services to exploit brain physiology and human psychology. By exploiting psychological and physiological vulnerabilities these design choices interfere with the free choice of users.