NetChoice v. Bonta Parties to Consent to or Decline Magistrate Judge

The U.S. District Court for Northern California in San Jose gave both sides in NetChoice’s lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) a Jan. 4 deadline for consenting or declining to proceed before a magistrate judge, said a clerk’s text-only notice in docket 5:22-cv-08861. California’s age-appropriate social media design law violates the First Amendment by telling sites how to “manage constitutionally protected speech,” NetChoice alleged Dec. 14 in a complaint that seeks to invalidate AB-2273 (see 2212140063). The tech group drew comparisons to its free speech challenges against social media content moderation laws in Texas and Florida.