United Airlines can now refuse to transport passengers who won’t wear headphones

If you blast a video without headphones on a United flight, you could lose your seat.

United Airlines confirmed to FOX Business that it updated its Contract of Carriage to add headphone language under Rule 21, or the airline’s "Refusal of Transport" section, giving the carrier authority to deny boarding or remove passengers who fail to use headphones while listening to audio or video content.

The new language places the headphone requirement alongside other behaviors that can result in removal...