Social media giants fail to block California prohibition of addictive feeds for minors

A federal judge rejected on Thursday a bid by Meta, Google and TikTok to block provisions of California’s Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act that prohibits them from sending minors personalized — or addictive — feeds.

Senior U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, denied the social media behemoths’ request for a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the statute’s provisions, which bar them from sending minor users personalized feeds based on their prior interactions with their platforms.

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