California bans loud commercials on Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services

October 7, 2025 Aisha Malik

Starting July 1, 2026, streaming services won’t be allowed to “transmit the audio of commercial advertisements louder than the video content the advertisements accompany,” according to the bill's text.

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