{
  "id": 18460116,
  "title": "Google, Meta and TikTok sue California to block law protecting children from addiction risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/google-meta-and-tiktok-sue-california-to-block-law-protecting",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-05T21:10:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/nov/05/california-children-social-media-lawsuit-tiktok-google-meta"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Law bans social media platforms from providing minors features such as autoplay that lead to compulsive use Google, Meta and TikTok have sued California to block enforcement of a new state law intended to limit the risk of addicting children under 16 to social media platforms. The law, known as Assembly Bill 1709, prohibits such platforms from offering underage children “psychologically…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "PTA, Meta block 176,000 WhatsApp accounts linked to recycled SIMs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/pta-meta-block-176-000-whatsapp-accounts-linked-to-recycled-sims",
        "published": "2026-11-06T07:38:05.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}