N.Y.
General Business Law Section 1522
Display requirements and restrictions
1.
For each calendar day in which a covered user accesses an addictive feature platform providing an addictive feature to the covered user, the covered operator shall display the warning label described in § 1521 (Requirement for warning labels)section fifteen hundred twenty-one of this article to the covered user when such user initially accesses the platform and an addictive feature is provided. The warning label shall be displayed clearly, conspicuously and continuously for at least ten seconds, without providing the ability to bypass or click through the warning. Such warning label shall be displayed in a manner that occupies at least twenty-five percent of the screen or window that the covered user is using to access the addictive feature platform.2.
For each calendar day in which a covered user uses an addictive feature platform that provides an addictive feature to the covered user, the covered operator shall display the warning label described in § 1521 (Requirement for warning labels)section fifteen hundred twenty-one of this article to the covered user after three hours of cumulative active use and thereafter at least once per hour of cumulative active use. The warning label shall be displayed clearly, conspicuously and continuously for a duration of at least thirty seconds, without providing the ability to bypass or click through the warning, in a manner that occupies at least seventy-five percent of the screen the covered user is using to access the addictive feature platform.3.
A covered operator shall be prohibited from:(a)
Including a warning label exclusively in the terms of service of an addictive feature platform;(b)
Obscuring the visibility or prominence of a warning label; and(c)
Deploying any other design feature or mechanism which intentionally serves to inhibit or subvert the purpose of this article. * NB Effective January 1, 2027
Source:
Section 1522 — Display requirements and restrictions, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/GBS/1522 (updated Feb. 27, 2026; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).
