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Social Media Companies Would Be Forced To Disclose Ban, Flagging Policies in New Assembly Bill

March 29, 2021 3:03 pm

On Monday, a bill to require social media platforms to publicly disclose corporate policies on what exactly gets people temporarily banned or permanently banned from those sites was introduced in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 587, authored by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel...

New Bill Requires Identifying Retouched Images

February 13, 2021 8:42 amFebruary 13, 2021 8:52 am

On February 12, Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) introduced Assembly Bill 613 related to social media requiring social media platforms to place text or marking within or adjacent to retouched images that have been posted on the platform for promotional...

Big Tech Censorship Suppresses the Reopen California Movement

January 5, 2021 1:21 pmJanuary 5, 2021 9:15 pm

“This isn’t just an event, this is a movement.” That’s how Jack Frost, one of the organizers of the ReOpenCalNow conference, planned for this weekend, characterizes their effort. Presenters include a bipartisan group of politicians including Fiona Ma, California’s State Treasurer, a...

AB 35: Disclosure of Social Media and False Info

December 9, 2020 12:47 pmDecember 10, 2020 8:45 am

On December 7, the first day of the California Legislature’s 2021-22 Session, Assembly Member Ed Chau introduced Assembly Bill (AB) 35, which would require disclosure of social media policies. AB 35 would add Chapter 22.4 (commencing with Section 22595) to...

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice: What I Learned as a Member of Reagan’s Polling and Strategy Team

October 27, 2020 3:30 pmOctober 28, 2020 10:56 am

Freshly minted from the The University of Chicago, Cornell and the Reagan ’80 campaign, I was invited into the secretive club of President Reagan’s polling and strategy team, housed in an old furniture store in Orange County, CA. Sitting at...

California State Senate Approves Bill To Lower the Age of Opening a Social Media Account

September 14, 2019 7:36 amSeptember 18, 2019 8:24 am

The minimum age that Californians are allowed to open a social media account will be changing from 16 to 13 if Assembly Bill 1138 is signed into law in the coming days. AB 1138, which amends the 2018 Parent’s Accountability...

San Francisco Bosa Nova

May 21, 2019 6:11 amMay 21, 2019 10:47 am

“With the second pick in the 2019 NFL draft,” commissioner Roger Goodell said back on April 25, “the San Francisco 49ers select Nick Bosa, of Ohio State University.” The pick did not come as a surprise. In 2018, the 49ers...