Government,
Constitutional Law,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Sep. 10, 2025
9th Circuit upholds most of California's social media law
A federal appeals court has allowed California's child-protection social media law to take effect, except for one provision the panel found unconstitutional.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday affirmed most of a district judge's partial denial of a technology trade group's attempt to enjoin a California social media law but postponed a key question over the statute's age-verification requirements as unripe because they do not go into effect until 2027.
"What's more, without knowing what age-verification the Act will require, we cannot determine whether those procedures unconstitutionally chill the spee...
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