TikTok, Meta Sue To Block California Law Restricting Recommendations
A California law prohibiting social platforms from algorithmically recommending posts to minors without their parents’ consent violates the First Amendment, Meta, Google and TikTok argue in separate lawsuits filed Thursday.
The new suits, filed Thursday, comes after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the tech industry organization NetChoice’s challenge to the restrictions on recommendations. The 9th Circuit ruled in September that NetChoice was not the appropriate entity to bring suit. Instead, according to the appellate judges, only individual social media companies could sue over the constraints.
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