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[–] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

From the amicus brief:

Social media platforms, just like bookstores, first perform the editorial function of deciding what content belongs on the platform and what content is eligible for promotion.

They're fundamentally different. The social media platforms don't choose what they want users to see. They reccomend what they think the users want to see. This law would not prohibit the former, only targeting it to specific people based on what they've seen before.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    If SB 976 applied to booksellers from the earlier example, they would have to ignore a teen customer’s expressed interest in a recommendation based on her past preference unless a parent consented. Under SB 976, the bookseller could only recommend the newest books.

    Nope. Search functionality exists on social media websites too. The bookstore would just be banned from automatically accosting the person with reccomendations unless they say they want them

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