The platforms dodge a bullet in California

While Congress dithers, the drive to regulate social networks has moved to the states

“a map of California with an angry face, digital art, as interpreted by OpenAI’s DALL-E

Today, let’s talk about how the big social networks managed to dodge an onerous new set of regulations aimed their way by California lawmakers. While the threat has passed for now, recent weeks have shown that disruptive proposals for platform regulation aren’t just c…