Federal Court Partially Blocks California Law Tackling Minors’ Social Media Addiction

The judge struck notification and disclosure requirements, and kept the rest of the law intact.

A mobile phone screen displays the icons for the social networking apps Facebook and Twitter on March 22, 2018. Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

A federal court has prohibited two provisions of a California law aimed at protecting children from social media addiction from coming into effect, while allowing partial enforcement of the new statute.

The bill, SB 976, “Protecting Our Kids from Social Media Addiction Act,” was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September. It prohibits social media companies from offering addictive feeds to minors without parental consent.