California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued a statement in response to a Ninth Circuit ruling that allows most of SB 976 (Skinner) to become effective while litigation in this case proceeds. SB 976 limits the ability of social media companies and other website operators to use harmful, addictive algorithmic feeds, notifications, and other addictive design features to keep children and teens glued to the companies’ platforms for hours. In response to SB 976, a trade association for technology companies — the same companies that commit tremendous resources to design platforms to keep kids glued to the screen — challenged California’s efforts to make the internet less addictive for children. The Ninth Circuit held that the trade association’s challenge is likely to fail. While some parts of SB 976 remain enjoined, the ruling allows the other requirements of this law to come into effect.