The Californa Assembly passed a measure on Monday, allowing parents to sue social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Tik Tok for up to $25,000 in damages if their child becomes addicted to their platforms. "The era of unfettered social experimentation on children is over, and we will protect kids," said Republican Assenblyman and author of the bill Jordan Cunningham. According to the bill, "addiction" is defined as those under 18 who was harmed physically, mentally, emotionally, developmentally or materially, and who wish to stop or cut down on their social media usage but are unable to becsuse they are preoccupied or obsessed with the platforms. The legislation now moves to the State Senate for weeks of hearings and negotiations among lawmakers and advocates.-As expected, the proposal is facing pushbacks from business groups, with TechNet arguing that the social media platforms "would have no choice but to cease operations for kids under 18 and would implement stringent age-verification in order to ensure that adolescents did not use their sites." There is no social media company let alone any business that could tolerate that legal risk," the Bipartisan Network wrote in a letter to lawmakers.