Big tech companies sue to block Chicago’s new social media tax – Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stands onstage during the annual MLK Interfaith Breakfast at the Hilton Chicago in the South Loop, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.The mayor’s office has categorized it as an amusement tax, which NetChoice rejects because it’s “not calculated based on consumers’ use of social media.” Their suit contends it’s based on the data the social companies collect from users and monetize just like “myriad other online services collect data from their users — and those services are left untaxed.”

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