Minnesota lawmakers push for social media warning labels to protect kids’ mental health - Austin Daily Herald

Fire officials warn against laptop social media “challenge”

STOW— State Fire Marshal Jon Davine and Massachusetts fire chiefs are urging parents and educators to talk to youngsters about the risk of fire and injury posed by a recent social media “challenge.”

Minnesota lawmakers push for social media warning labels to protect kids’ mental health - Albert Lea Tribune

By Dana Ferguson, Minnesota Public Radio News Tabbatha Urbanski’s son, Seth, was weeks away from his 18th birthday when he fatally overdosed on fentanyl in 2022. The teen had been out of rehab for weeks when he contacted a drug dealer on the site Snapchat to buy Percocet. Urbanski thought he’d gone to rest. But when she found him the next morning, it was too late. “At 7:38 a.m. I found my beautiful son sitting at the end of his bed dead,” Urbans…

Minnesota lawmakers push for social media warning labels to protect kids’ mental health - Austin Daily Herald

By Dana Ferguson Tabbatha Urbanski’s son, Seth, was weeks away from his 18th birthday when he fatally overdosed on fentanyl in 2022. The teen had been out of rehab for weeks when he contacted a drug dealer on the site Snapchat to buy Percocet. Urbanski thought he’d gone to rest. But when she found him the next morning, it was too late. “At 7:38 a.m. I found my beautiful son sitting at the end of his bed dead,” Urbanski said. “He was gone.” Urban…

Minnesota lawmakers push for social media warning labels to protect kids’ mental health

A proposal working through the Legislature would mandate the pop-up warnings for social media users noting the potential mental health harms of the platforms.