[ptsal]

More goofiness from the Left Coast of California....

SECTION 1. Title 14.5 (commencing with Section 3085) is added to Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, to read: TITLE 14.5. False Information Strategic Plans

3085. (a) Any person who operates a social media Internet Web site with physical presence in California shall develop a strategic plan to verify news stories shared on its Internet Web site.

(b) The strategic plan shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:

(1) A plan to mitigate the spread of false information through news stories.

(2) The utilization of fact-checkers to verify news stories.

(3) Providing outreach to social media users regarding news stories containing false information.

(4) Placing a warning on a news story containing false information. (c) As used in this section, “social media” means an electronic service or account, or electronic content, including, but not limited to, videos, still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant and text messages, email, online services or accounts, or Internet Web site profiles or locations.

[ptsal]

Head’s up.... This could have legs.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Sounds like a good plan... on the surface...

Implementation of the plan on the other hand !

[RoadieFan]

Who is gonna fact check the fact checkers? We know Snopes ins’t reliable.

[Da Coyote]

Heh. The legislature of Mexifornia is legislating information?
They cannot secede fast enough.
It will be a delight watching Venezuela of the north collapse.

[TomGuy]

California Libs try to regulate satire, thus making themselves the butt of future jokes.

Mr. Swift, provide us proof of the existence of this land of Lilliputians where Mr. Gulliver traveled.

Can you even provide evidence of the true existence of this Mr. Gulliver?

[DBrow]

And an article talking about human-caused catastrophic climate change and the amount of sea level rise we have seen is categorized how?

Or an article touting the awesome special deadly power of assault weapons?

Or an article detailing how much the Awans were paid?

[WayneS]

Existing law prohibits a person, among others, from making or disseminating in any advertising device, or in any manner or means whatever, including over the Internet, any statement concerning real or personal property or services that is untrue or misleading, as specified.

"...a person, among others.."

So it applies to plants and animals as well? How about space aliens?

[bitt]

rats with gags at the ready! ping

[Retvet]

Will it apply to politicians? Courts have said politicians lying is allowed by first amendment, freedom of speech, not false advertising.

[TXnMA]

Blatant First Amendment VIOLATION!!!

[Wneighbor]

Thia sounds like an attack on FR!

[Jim Robinson]

Clearly unconstitutional.