California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a ban on “addictive” social media features for anyone under 16 on Thursday, advancing some of the country’s most significant new restrictions on tech platforms.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law a landmark package of bills to restrict children and teens’ use of social media and artificial intelligence chatbots deemed harmful. The first-in-the ...

They're aimed at protecting minors, but the rules are not universally supported.

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday greenlit sweeping new child safety rules for social media and AI chatbots, including a law backed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, amid mounting ...

California child online safety laws signed September 10 by Gov. Gavin Newsom ban algorithmic feeds and autoplay for social media users under 16, require AI chatbot operators to implement crisis ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping package of laws Thursday to protect children from the risks of technology, including social media and AI chatbots. The laws will penalize large social ...

(Inside California Politics) — Tech companies will soon be unable to offer certain “addictive” social media features to California children after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several new regulations. The ...

California, home to the world's largest tech companies, is placing more guardrails around social media and artificial intelligence as child safety concerns escalate. On Thursday, California Gov. Gavin ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom high-fives schoolchildren while holding up the signed Assembly Bill 126 at Willett Elementary School in Davis on Thursday, July 9, 2026. The bill will increase funding for special ...