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California says social media law should be allowed to proceed

( February 20, 2026, 22:01 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: California Attorney General Rob Bonta opposed a preliminary injunction against the state’s Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act, saying it doesn't conflict with the First Amendment because social media platforms’ algorithmically generated feeds are not “expressive.” Additionally, even if social media companies could establish that the law as applied to them burdens expressive conduct, at most intermediate scrutiny would apply, because the law is content-neutral: it regulates only digital mechanisms, not topics, ideas, or viewpoints, he said. See attached file. ...

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