A California law that prohibits teens from receiving recommended social media content from other social media users violates their First Amendment rights, EFF argued this week.The case, Meta v. Bonta, challenges SB 976, which requires that teen social media users get their parents’ permission...
  • Kairos ( LodeMike@lemmy.today ) English
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    10 days ago

    “SB 976 frustrates young people’s ability to use the internet to its full potential, prohibiting them from relying on tools that disseminate their speech and help them view and interact with other users’ speech,” the brief argues.

    Not being allowed to use a 250db megaphone thst would collapse buildings frustrates young people’s ability to use the public square to its full potential.

    • Kairos ( LodeMike@lemmy.today ) English
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      10 days ago

      From the amicus brief:

      Social media platforms, just like bookstores, first perform the editorial function of deciding what content belongs on the platform and what content is eligible for promotion.

      They’re fundamentally different. The social media platforms don’t choose what they want users to see. They reccomend what they think the users want to see. This law would not prohibit the former, only targeting it to specific people based on what they’ve seen before.

      • Kairos ( LodeMike@lemmy.today ) English
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        10 days ago

        If SB 976 applied to booksellers from the earlier example, they would have to ignore a teen customer’s expressed interest in a recommendation based on her past preference unless a parent consented. Under SB 976, the bookseller could only recommend the newest books.

        Nope. Search functionality exists on social media websites too. The bookstore would just be banned from automatically accosting the person with reccomendations unless they say they want them