Republican Senator’s bill would ban YouTube, Facebook scrolls as addictive

Republican Senator Josh Hawley introduced a bill Tuesday to ban unlimited scrolling on pages by social media sites such as Facebook Inc. and Google’s YouTube.

The bill would ban infinite, automatic content additions when users approach the end of feeds on sites. It wouldn’t apply to music-streaming sites or pre-compiled playlists.

The proposed legislation, which is unlikely to pass, represents the latest initiative by Hawley targeting large technology platforms as he emerges as one of the sector’s foremost Republican foes. Earlier in July, he addressed President Donald Trump’s gathering of conservative anti-tech voices, which also attracted conspiracy theorists and internet trolls.