A U.S. senator is hoping to curb “internet addiction” with a new bill that would ban social media features such as autoplay and “endless scroll.”,” Sen. Josh Hawley introduced the bill Tuesday. The freshman Republican has been a vocal critic of the tech industry since assuming office in January.. “Too much of the ‘innovation’ in this space is designed not to create better products, but to capture more attention by using psychological tricks that make it difficult to look away.
Infinite scroll or auto refill: a user should have to push a button or click an icon for more content to load after they have reached the end of a set of loaded content.
Thank Goodness we live in Canada, eh ? Those USA senators are nothing like our Canadian senators, eh ? In fact I’m not even sure what a Canadian Senator does.