3.0.0 2314 2022-11-01T13:50:17Z 2022-11-01T13:50:17Z Senate S 2019-07-30 116 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-07-30T15:10:08Z 2019-07-30 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2019-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Science, Technology, Communications Administrative law and regulatory procedures Civil actions and liability Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Digital media Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Mental health State and local government operations Science, Technology, Communications 00 2019-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2019-08-19T14:40:30Z Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology Act or the SMART Act

This bill requires social media companies to structure their platforms in a manner calculated to reduce the risks of internet addiction.

The bill prohibits social media companies from using infinite scroll, auto refill, and autoplay functions and restricts them from giving users awards for higher levels of engagement. The bill further instructs social media companies to automatically limit users' time spent on their platforms across all devices to a default of 30 minutes per day and to implement regular stopping points designed to end scrolling after 3 minutes. Social media companies are also charged to conspicuously display a notification at least twice an hour showing users how much time they have spent on the platform that day.

]]> SMART Act Display Title SMART Act Short Title(s) as Introduced SMART Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit social media companies from using practices that exploit human psychology or brain physiology to substantially impede freedom of choice, to require social media companies to take measures to mitigate the risks of internet addiction and psychological exploitation, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s2314is/xml/BILLS-116s2314is.xml 2019-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.