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NetChoice challenge to California social media law gets pushback from US judges

By Mike Swift ( April 2, 2025, 20:47 GMT | Insight) -- A group of federal appeal judges questioned both NetChoice's First Amendment arguments and the state's defense of what it said is the law's carefully tailored approach in the industry group's constitutional challenge to a California law that restricts personalized social media feeds for minors without parental consent. NetChoice argues existing parental controls are more effective, while the state claims the law specifically targets harmful aspects of social media for minors. NetChoice’s unbroken string of First Amendment wins over state restrictions on minors’ social media access may face a tougher fight to block a California law that limits teens’ exposure to personalized feeds, as an appeals court pushed back on industry arguments today....

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