NetChoice Sues to Bar California Social Media Addiction Law (1)

Trade group NetChoice sued California to block a new state law reining in youth social media addiction.

The law’s requirements to restrict minors access to content and collect information to verify their ages “violate bedrock principles of constitutional law and precedent from across the nation,” NetChoice argued in a complaint filed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.

SB 976, effective Jan. 1, 2025, would ban internet-service operators, such as NetChoice members Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc. from providing content are “recommended, selected, or prioritized for display to a user based on ...