A bill that would allow California parents to sue technology companies over their children becoming addicted to social media has passed a significant milestone.
The bill also adopts a vague definition of addiction. If the bill is passed, then a social media company can be held liable for"addiction" if it"indicates preoccupation or obsession with, or withdrawal or difficulty to cease or reduce use of, a social media platform despite the user's desire to cease or reduce that use" and if it"causes or contributes to physical, mental, emotional, developmental, or material harms to the user.
The bill was introduced on March 15 by state assembly members Buffy Wicks, a Democrat, and Jordan Cunningham, a Republican. The bill was filed with the hope of forcing tech companies to"bear some of the social costs that they put on all of our children," Cunningham said,While the assembly vote is a significant step forward, the bill will still need to be approved by the state Senate before it becomes law.
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