Meta, Google and TikTok sue to block California law on addictive feeds for minors

Meta◼, Google◼ and TikTok◆ have separately challenged California AB 1709, which bans addictive feeds and addictive features for minors, on First Amendment grounds. The suits mostly recycle arguments rejected by a district court in August, which held addictive feed design is not protected speech. The article, written by a privacy advocacy group, cites Moody v. NetChoice (2024) as narrowing design-related First Amendment protection and notes adverse rulings for NetChoice and CCIA in the Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits. This is a policy dispute with no technical vulnerability or required defensive action.

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