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Newsom wants kids to back off the clicks, chats and swipes

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday more than a dozen bills strengthening online protections for kids. One of the more controversial measures requires social media companies to make their platforms less addictive and another reins in artificial intelligence chatbots, writes CalMatters’ Colin Lecher. Assembly Bill 1709 requires companies to either omit addictive features on…

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Curated News BriefBased on original reporting by CalMatters Housing (September 11, 2026). The summary below is the Journal’s; the local analysis is original commentary by Omar Murillo.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday more than a dozen bills strengthening online protections for kids. One of the more controversial measures requires social media companies to make their platforms less addictive and another reins in artificial intelligence chatbots, writes CalMatters’ Colin Lecher. Assembly Bill 1709 requires companies to either omit addictive features on…

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Source & AttributionOriginal story: “Newsom wants kids to back off the clicks, chats and swipes” — CalMatters Housing, September 11, 2026. Read the full article at the source. Commentary and Bay Area analysis on this page are original to The Bay Area Real Estate Journal.

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Omar Murillo is a Fremont native and Bay Area real estate broker with 28 years in the business, and co-founder of Everhome Real Estate, an 18-agent brokerage serving the SF Bay Area and Silicon Valley. He covers the Fremont, Tri-City, East Bay, and Silicon Valley housing markets with particular focus on listing strategy, property preparation, and negotiation.

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