California law forces Netflix, Hulu to turn down ad volumes
“We heard Californians loud and clear, and what’s clear is that they don’t want commercials at a volume any louder than the level at which they were previously enjoying a program,” Newsom said in a statement. “California is dialing down this inconvenience across streaming platforms.”State Sen. Tom Umberg, the Orange County Democrat who authored SB 576, said the idea was inspired by his legislative director, Zach Keller, who complained that loud streaming commercials were waking up his infant dau...
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