Bill Text: CA AB2655
SEC. 3. Section 20010 of the Elections Code, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 745 of the Statutes of 2022, is amended to read:
20010. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a person, committee, as defined in Section 82013 of the Government Code, or other entity shall not, within 60 days of an election at which a candidate for elective office will appear on the ballot, distribute, with actual malice, materially deceptive audio or visual media, as defined in subdivision (e), of the candidate with the intent to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting for or against the candidate.
(b) (1) >The prohibition in subdivision (a) does not apply if the audio or visual media includes a disclosure stating: “This _____ has been manipulated.”<
(2) The blank in the disclosure required by paragraph (1) shall be filled with whichever of the following terms most accurately describes the media:
(A) Image.
(B) Video.
(C) Audio.
https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB2655/id/2928992
It is to protect stupid people from being stupid. “Hey stupid... It is not real”. lol
News media should have to do the same...