Dada et al. v. NSO Group N.D. Cal. Order granting Motion to Dismiss

Judge in California Age-Appropriate Design Code Case Gets the First Amendment Wrong—Again

March 14, 2025

Yesterday, a federal judge issued a second preliminary injunction against California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (“CAADC”). The judge's First Amendment analysis flouted directions from the Ninth Circuit and the Supreme Court to more critically examine Big Tech’s demands for broad relief from regulation. The decision erroneously questions the constitutionality of every law giving kids special protections online—including the long-standing Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”).

Age Assurance
Children's Privacy
Data Protection
Platform Accountability & Governance
Platform Governance Laws & Regulations
Privacy Laws
The First Amendment
U.S. State Privacy Laws
Analysis

In Hearing, Judge Seemed Torn on NetChoice’s Renewed First Amendment Attack on California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code

January 24, 2025

In a hearing yesterday on NetChoice’s second motion for a preliminary injunction against California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (CAADC), Judge Beth Labson Freeman appeared far more skeptical of the trade association’s First Amendment arguments than the first time she ruled on the constitutionality of the law.