> On July 30th the junior senator from Missouri unveiled the “Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology Act”, or SMART Act. The bill would limit social-media usage to half an hour a day (users would be able to bypass the limit by adjusting their app settings). It would also ban addictive features, such as “infinite scroll” (when a user’s entire feed can be seen in one visit) and “autoplay” (when online videos load automatically one after another).
We should never let the government dictate UI through laws. It’s shocking that it’s even being proposed.
We should never let the government dictate UI through laws. It’s shocking that it’s even being proposed.