(Bloomberg Law) — Legislation aiming to hold social media platforms liable for addiction and other harms (S.B. 680) to child users was killed by a key committee Friday, the second year in a row this has happened.Most Read from BloombergTesla’s $41,000 Model X Discount Unlocks Subsidies Musk Wanted GoneSaola Weakens After Bringing ‘Destructive’ Winds to Hong KongSingapore Picks Tharman as President in Ruling Party BoostTesla Refreshes Model 3 and Slashes Prices of Top-End CarsEurope’s Biggest Oi
Legislation aiming to hold social media platforms liable for addiction and other harms (S.B. 680) to child users was killed by a key committee Friday, the second year in a row this has happened.
The bill, authored by state Sen. Nancy Skinner (D), failed to overcome intense opposition from the tech industry that helped kill a similar measure last year. It would have let the attorney general and public attorneys file civil suits against social media companies for knowingly putting in addictive or harmful designs and algorithms, which could lead to a $250,000 penalty per violation plus litigation costs.
