Google, Meta and TikTok Challenge California Teen Law
Autoplay and personalized feeds are becoming a courtroom fight over who controls children’s online experience.
Google, Meta, and TikTok filed separate federal lawsuits against California Attorney General Rob Bonta to block Assembly Bill 1709, a state statute restricting covered platforms from providing legally defined addictive features to California users under 16.
The complaints, filed in federal courts in San Jose, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, target AB 1709 before its scheduled Jan. 1, 2027 effective date. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the law on Sept. 10. Platforms face civil penalties of up to $50,000 per affected minor for knowing violations and $25,000 for negligent violations.
The companies argue the legislation breaches the First Amendment and Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
Meta told KQED that the law interferes with its editorial choices and could undermine features used to provide age-appropriate experiences.
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