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United States of America: Preliminary injunction enjoined Amendments to Consumer Data Protection Act to Prohibit Addictive Social Media Feeds (Chapter 703, 2025)

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Preliminary injunction enjoined Amendments to Consumer Data Protection Act to Prohibit Addictive Social Media Feeds (Chapter 703, 2025)

On 27 February 2026, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted a preliminary injunction in the case of NetChoice v Attorney General of Virginia, blocking the enforcement of Senate Bill 854 (SB 854). The Bill would…

Scope

Policy Area
Consumer protection
Policy Instrument
Age verification requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court

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2025-01-03
under deliberation

On 3 January 2025, the Bill amending the Consumer Data Protection Act to Prohibit Addictive Social …

2025-02-03
under deliberation

On 3 February 2025, the Bill amending the Consumer Data Protection Act to Prohibit Addictive Social…

2025-02-04
rejected

On 4 February 2025, the Bill amending the Consumer Data Protection Act to prohibit addictive social…

2025-02-20
under deliberation

On 20 February 2025, the Bill amending the Consumer Data Protection Act to Prohibit Addictive Socia…

2025-03-10
adopted

On 10 March 2025, the Bill amending the Consumer Data Protection Act to regulate social media platf…

2025-05-02
adopted

On 2 May 2025, the Virginia Governor signed into law the Bill amending the Consumer Data Protection…

2026-01-01
in force

On 1 January 2026, Virginia’s amendments to the Consumer Data Protection Act (Chapter 703, 2025; fo…

2026-02-27
under litigation

On 27 February 2026, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted …