9th Circuit Affirms Injunction Over 1st Amendment Issues With Online Privacy Act

(August 20, 2024, 2:01 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed in part a district court’s order granting a preliminary injunction to a trade association of online businesses in its suit challenging the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (CAADCA), which was enacted to provide online privacy protections for children under 18, finding that the association was likely to succeed in showing that the act’s requirement for covered businesses to opine on and reduce the risk of children’s exposure to possibly harmful material violates the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution....