NetChoice Can’t Block Core of California Addictive Feeds Law (2)

Tech industry trade group NetChoice on Tuesday was unable to block the California attorney general from enforcing the core component of a law regulating how minors access “addictive algorithms” on social media platforms.

NetChoice failed to show at this early stage of the litigation that a provision of SB 976, known as the Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, that prohibits minors from accessing social media with “personalized feeds” would likely violate the First Amendment, Judge Edward J. Davila of the US District Court for the Northern District of California said.

But the judge did block other ...