California’s Social Media Law Gutted: Court Strikes Down Key Censorship Provisions – IOTW Report

California’s Social Media Law Gutted: Court Strikes Down Key Censorship Provisions

Reclaim The Net:
The California Assembly Bill 587 (AB 587) – an amendment to the Business and Professions Code relating to social media – has suffered a significant setback: the result of the legal challenge from X (the X Corp. v. Bonta case) is that the law’s core provisions have now been dropped.

Treated as an unconstitutional censorship law by opponents, AB 587 was proposed by ten Democrat and one Republican member of the state Assembly and adopted in September 2022, pushed by Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta as legislation ensuring “social media transparency.” more here

5 Comments on California’s Social Media Law Gutted: Court Strikes Down Key Censorship Provisions

  1. “The intent was to force the companies to state if their terms of service include definitions of “hate speech or racism,” “extremism or radicalization,” “disinformation or misinformation,” “harassment,” and “foreign political interference,” and also provide those definitions.”

    All things leftists are purveyors of, experts in, and things they must retain control of because their ideas suck and they can’t win any other way.

    Oh, and add “social media transparency.” to the list of things they should be banned from ever mentioning (like fair elections, honesty, racism, social justice, equity, and accountability) they have abuse the privilege.

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  2. ARTICLE II of the Common Sense of Rights states: You don’t have the right never to be offended. This country is based on freedom– freedom for everyone, not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, turn off the TV or radio or express a different opinion. Social Media is full of assholes, and you have the right to be one too.

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