Newsom to sign California bill to limit ‘addictive’ social media feeds for kids

California will take a major step in the fight to protect children from the harms of social media after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that limits companies' ability to provide “additive feeds” to minors. According to the governor's office, Newsom plans to sign Senate Bill 976, the “Protecting Children from Social Media Addiction […]

This law would make chronological feeds the default for kids

Social media companies shuffle posts and ads with complex algorithms to create a never-ending stream of entertainment and design feeds to be as engaging as possible. A new California law will require companies to block these algorithms by default for users under 18, which lawmakers say will reduce the negative mental health effects of social […]