A US appeals court voids much of a March 2025 injunction blocking California's online child safety law, while keeping some of the law's provisions blocked
A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out much of an injunction that had blocked California from enforcing a state law meant …
Reuters Jonathan Stempel
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MLex
MLex
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Most of California's age-appropriate design law can go forward, US appeals court rules
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Newsmax
Newsmax
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Court Revives Most of California Child Safety Law
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@netchoice
@netchoice
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🚨🚨 Court Rules Against California's Trojan Horse for Censorship for FOURTH Time PASADENA, Calif.—Today, NetChoice secured a major victory from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which agreed that a majority of California's Online Speech Code was unconstitutional. [i…
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@robpwj
Robert Winterton
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Y'all seeing the engagement on everything related to our anti-digital ID work is popping off? The movement for digital freedom is growing 👀 🙏
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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On that note, I would like someone to explain to me what allows NetChoice to show up in Google News. And for that matter, this Kids Coalition does not. [image]
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@berinszoka
Berin Szóka
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The same “duty of care” idea is found in many pending federal bills, notably (earlier versions of) the Kids Online Safety Act. Today's decision illustrates that such bills will likely fail First Amendment scrutiny unless they offer much clearer guidance on how to avoid liability
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@zamaan_qureshi
Zamaan Qureshi
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A significant ruling for design-based legislation. @DesignItForUs helped to pass the CA AADC in 2022, and Netchoice has tied this up for years, preventing young Californians from receiving law's protections. Very pleased to see it move forward into effect. Thank you @AGRobBonta
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@swiftstories
Mike Swift
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Breaking on @mlexclusive : A significant loss for #socialmedia and gaming platforms like @Roblox as the Ninth Circuit allows much of California's Age-Appropriate Design Code to move forward. [image]
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@paul_taske
Paul Taske
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Major victory today in our fight to defeat California's UK-modeled censorship regime. Of the 6 substantive provisions NetChoice challenged, 5 remain enjoined. And the remaining provision is hanging by a thread.
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@netchoice
@netchoice
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Since NetChoice initially sued to protect California families and free speech online from this inaccurately-labeled “AADC” in 2022, the state has militantly worked to implement this censorship regime. NetChoice will continue fighting to ensure online speech codes, including
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@techfreedom
@techfreedom
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“Today's decision illustrates that such bills will likely fail First Amendment scrutiny unless they offer much clearer guidance on how to avoid liability.” @BerinSzoka of @TechFreedom responds to the Ninth Circuit ruling that California's Online Speech Code is unconstitutional. […
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@jason_kint
Jason Kint
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One of these is not like the other. NetChoice is either smoking crack or trying to outdo CCIA in pleasing its funders Google and Meta. 1/2 [Image: “Kids Code Coalition Statement on Favorable California Court Ruling"]
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@agrobbonta
Rob Bonta
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We secured a critical win in defense of CA's Age Appropriate Design Code —a first in the nation law to make social media safer for children—allowing much of it to come into effect. CA won't let Tech Giants profit off our kids. We'll continue to defend common sense laws that pro…