'You Sound Like Tobacco Cos.,' 9th Circ. Judge Tells Tech Atty

By Dorothy Atkins ( April 2, 2025, 8:02 PM EDT) -- A Ninth Circuit judge expressed doubts Wednesday about a tech trade group's effort to preliminarily block California from enforcing a new law barring platforms from using algorithms to deliver addictive feeds to children, telling the group's counsel that social media might be worse than a carcinogen and "you sound like the tobacco companies."...

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