By Xu Yuan ( May 29, 2026, 22:18 GMT | Comment) -- Following recent court victories against social media giants like Meta Platforms over online harms for children, efforts by state lawmakers to ban social media use by young people are making progress in California. But the proposal, even if enacted as law, faces intense industry pushback and an almost certain legal challenge down the road.Following recent court victories against social media giants like Meta Platforms over online harms for children, efforts by state lawmakers to ban social media use by young people are making progress in California. But the proposal, even if enacted as law, faces intense industry pushback and an almost certain legal challenge down the road....
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