California’s turn toward social media bans remains a harmful and misguided policy direction. The passage and signing of A.B. 2071 and A.B. 2298 proves there is a better way. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/09/governor-newsom-signs-student-backed-digital-literacy-bills-alongside-misguided
California’s turn toward social media bans remains a harmful and misguided…
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Governor Newsom Signs Student-Backed Digital Literacy Bills Alongside Misguided Bans
Governor Newsom signed a package of 12 bills yesterday aimed at “protecting children” online. One of them was AB 1709, which EFF has opposed this legislative session and serves as a functional ban on young people under 16 using social media. However, EFF supported two of the bills signed into law,...
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@eff We stand with EFF and the authors, Chao Liu and Rindala Alajaji. The real way out of the digital world's problems lies in developing the technologies we need, healthy social relationships, and knowledge — not in bans. A ban is a spit-moistened plantain leaf pressed on a wound: temporary, illusory relief instead of treating the cause. The real solution always lies in intellectual inquiry.