* § 1520. Definitions. For the purposes of this article, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Addictive feed" shall mean as defined in subdivision one of\nsection fifteen hundred of this chapter.\n 2. "Addictive feature" shall mean an addictive feed, autoplay, and/or\ninfinite scroll.\n 3. "Addictive feature platform" shall mean a social media platform\nwhich offers or provides covered users an addictive feed, autoplay,\nand/or infinite scroll as a significant part of the services provided by\nsuch social media platform.\n 4. "Autoplay" shall mean when content is automatically played without\nany manual input from a covered user.\n 5. "Content" shall have the same meaning as subdivision two of section\neleven hundred of this chapter.\n 6. "Covered operator" shall mean any person, business, or other legal\nentity and its agents and affiliates who operate or provide an addictive\nfeature platform.\n 7. "Covered user" shall mean a user of an addictive feature platform\nin New York, not acting as an operator, or agent or affiliate of the\noperator of such addictive feature platform or any portion thereof.\n 8. "Infinite scroll" shall mean when a feed or landing page, whether\nor not such feed is addictive as defined in subdivision one of this\nsection, automatically loads and displays additional content at the\nbottom or other visible end of such feed or landing page from the\nprospective of the user without any manual input, other than scrolling,\nfrom a user.\n 9. "Social media platform" shall have the same meaning as subdivision\nfive of section eleven hundred of this chapter.\n * NB Effective January 1, 2027\n
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