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EPIC, Tech Justice Law, and Scholars Urge Ninth Circuit to Reject Big Tech’s Claim That Addictive, Surveillance-Based Feeds Are Not Protected Speech

EPIC · · US Federal · Surveillance & Civil Liberties

On Tuesday, EPIC, Tech Justice Law, and sixteen law and technology scholars filed an amicus brief urging the Ninth Circuit to affirm a district court’s decision rejecting Meta, Google, and TikTok’s First Amendment challenges to California’s SB 976. The law prohibits companies from providing addictive social media feeds to minors by limiting the companies’ use … Continued

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