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Social media companies can’t be forced to block teens from seeing ‘harmful’ content, judge rules

A federal judge has ruled that social media companies can’t be required to block certain types of content from teens.

The ruling came as the result of tech industry groups’ challenge to the Securing Children Online Through Parental Empowerment (SCOPE) Act, a Texas law that imposes age verification requirements and other policies for how social media companies treat teenage users. California lawmakers also recently passed a measure, which has yet to be signed into law by the governor, that requires social media companies to limit notifications to minors and restrict them from “addictive” algorithms. The biggest news stories this morning: Egg-based Tamagotchis, The best tech deals from Labor Day, Apple reportedly plans to drop USB-A ports with the M4 Mac mini.

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