The tech industry and the state of California are scheduled to face off in a courtroom Thursday over the constitutionality of a first-in-the-nation law aimed at protecting the digital privacy and well-being of youth when they are online.
NetChoice, a right-of-center tech trade group, is seeking a preliminary injunction to block California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code from taking effect while its lawsuit to overturn the 2022 law is pending. A central issue in the case is whether the California law veers into the legally fraught realm of moderating online content.
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