Google, Meta and TikTok sue California over its child safety social media law

What the coverage shows

Both outlets frame the story as the three companies suing California over a law aimed at kids, with the New York Times and Engadget agreeing on the basic conflict. The New York Times alone mentions that the companies have been battling a flood of claims that their services are addictive. Engadget alone specifies that Assembly Bill 1709 would require platforms to remove “psychologically exploitative features.”

Written by Crossfiled from the 3 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.