California asks the Ninth Circuit to uphold the algorithmic-feed restriction

California Attorney General Rob Bonta urged the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reject Google, Meta and TikTok's bid to block the Protecting Our Kids From Social Media Addiction Act (SB976), which bars social platforms from algorithmically recommending posts to under-18s without parental consent. "Peer-reviewed scientific research confirms that algorithmically generated personalized feeds are habit-forming, addictive, and cause an array of harms to children," Bonta argued, while the platforms contend their recommendations are protected editorial speech. They are expected to file further arguments by November 3.