NetChoice files amended complaint against California social media law
( October 14, 2026, 03:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: NetChoice filed an amended complaint challenging a California law that it says requires online companies to track users, restrict access to speech and jeopardize their safety. “The Act violates Section 230 by fundamentally limiting and forcing changes to the publishing activity of NetChoice members and other covered services. Section 230 preempts state laws that ‘attack the manner in which [platforms]’ algorithm[s] sort[], arrange[], and distribute[] third-party content,’” NetChoice alleged.See attached file. ...
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