I honestly think the features that make social media addictive should be removed and banned for everyone. Reality is we are all becoming unreasonably addicted to social media. Restricting the addictive features to those under 16 won't address this, it just delays the inevitable. We need rules that prohibit the predatory behaviour of the social media companies for all of us.
If it primarily targets infinite scrolling and autoplaying videos, those are straight-up dark patterns, and having less of them is good in my opinion. That said, I have no idea how likely any of this is to withstand the inevitable lawsuits.
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I honestly think the features that make social media addictive should be removed and banned for everyone. Reality is we are all becoming unreasonably addicted to social media. Restricting the addictive features to those under 16 won't address this, it just delays the inevitable. We need rules that prohibit the predatory behaviour of the social media companies for all of us.
If it primarily targets infinite scrolling and autoplaying videos, those are straight-up dark patterns, and having less of them is good in my opinion. That said, I have no idea how likely any of this is to withstand the inevitable lawsuits.
Official Gov release: https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/10/governor-newsom-signs-the-...
non-paywall: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/technology/californias-go... (https://archive.ph/hUqO0)