Google, TikTok, Meta won't get stay in challenge to Calif. 'addictive' feed law
By Mike Swift ( October 22, 2026, 22:44 GMT | Insight) -- A federal judge in San Jose, California, said he won't grant a motion by TikTok, Meta Platforms and Google to stay district court litigation in their constitutional challenge to California's Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act during the companies' appeal to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. US District Judge Edward Davila told lawyers for the companies and California Attorney General Rob Bonta to work out a way to move forward with limited discovery while the Ninth Circuit considers Davila's ruling in August that algorithmic feeds are not expressive content protected by the First Amendment.TikTok, Meta Platforms and Google's case challenging a California law limiting personalized “addictive” social media feeds won't be stayed while a federal appeals court considers whether algorithmic feeds are protected creative expression, a federal judge said Thursday....
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