from the too-many-stupid-laws dept

California legislators, led mainly by two of the most anti-science, anti-kid legislators in the state — Josh Lowenthal and Buffy Wicks — make sure that every year they experiment on our children with unproven, untested, scientifically illiterate laws that seek to “protect the children.” And, every year Gavin Newsom eagerly signs them into law forcing the state to waste a bunch of money until the courts strike them down . Of course, Wicks and Lowenthal will insist that they’re protecting the children from the scourge of the internet, but they keep buying into a debunked moral panic and seem positively allergic to what the science actually shows .

The latest bill that California passed (authored by Lowenthal with most of the rest of California’s legislators signing on as co-authors, including Wicks) is AB 1709 which declares (with zero evidence) that certain features (autoplay!…