


State lawmakers and Gov. Kathy Hochul are in general agreement on landmark legislation that would regulate social media feeds for kids, multiple sources confirmed to the Post Monday.
The bill, which has been the focus of a last minute public relations blitz by Hochul, is meant to restrict social media companies from using addictive algorithms for users under the age of 18 and prevent the big tech firms from profiting off their data.
“I think we are waiting for ‘Is and Ts,’ but I think hopefully we’ll have something out pretty soon,” Sen. Andrew Gounardes (D-Brooklyn), who sponsored the bill, told the Post.
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie declined to comment on the tentative deal, which he says has yet to be discussed with all members in a closed-doors conference.
“I have to talk to members,” the Bronx politician said. “When it comes to the work on something, there’s dialogue between the executive and the Assembly, you have something to go back and see that the members are OK.”

Sources close to the talks said the exact text of the legislation could be released as soon as Monday evening, which would allow it to be brought up for a vote before the end of the week.
A spokesperson for Hochul didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gounardes said part of the last-minute negotiations have included ways to protect the effort from the bill’s opponents – largely social media firms that have spent heavily lobbying against the effort – from having a judge invalidate it in court.
“I think we’ve done the best we can to preempt a lot of that analysis and some of it’s out of our hands, but I think this is huge,” Gounardes added.