EXCLUSIVE: Babylon Bee Sues California Over Unprecedented Crackdown On Satire, Parody

DailyWire ^ | Sep 30, 2024 | By Zach Jewell

[airdalechief]

The Babylon Bee filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of “deepfake” laws that target outlets that publish satire and parody.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and shared exclusively with The Daily Wire, begins by noting that in July of this year, Newsom tweeted that a parody video of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris should be “illegal.” “The legislature heard the call and passed two laws that forbid political expression under the label of ‘materially deceptive content,’” the lawsuit asserts.

[bray]

You know when you are over the Communist target.

[ConservativeMind]

Thank you for that book reference.

[Lizavetta]

But yeah, Trump is the dictator.

[JusPasenThru]

The 1st A was a huge mistake. We need to extinguish it so people believe what we tell them.

[Bob434]

Exactly. Lawmakers can’t just ban things because their precious feelings get hurt- that is a vio,action of first am3ndment.

[Vaduz]

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a series of “free speech” laws.

If the government won’t do it do it state by state the democrats in action.

Comply or die next?.

[T Ruth]

I suppose Orwell’s “Animal Farm” should be banned in California as well.

Not to mention Swift's A Modest Proposal.

[Campion]

1. Has there EVER been a similar attempt by Conservatives to shut down speech that made fun of them?

Alien and Sedition Acts ?

Now whether you would consider John Adams to be a "conservative" ... I dunno, although I would probably consider him to be more conservative than his opponent Mr. Jefferson.

Note that, when I was a pup, the anti-free speech provisions of the Alien & Sedition Acts were held up as an example of a law that is unconstitutional under the First Amendment. (In point of fact, it was repealed before the courts got around to ruling on it.)

[BobL]

“Note that, when I was a pup, the anti-free speech provisions of the Alien & Sedition Acts were held up as an example of a law that is unconstitutional under the First Amendment.”

And that’s the difference. When THEY get control of the courts, they have NO INTENTION of letting the Constitution get in their way - they’ve been quite open about it.

[MinorityRepublican]

That would have a huge problem for them back when it was funny and relevant, but not so much today.

They're finally making fun of Joe Biden...4 years later.

What's the point?

[M Kehoe]

Bttt

5.56mm

[daniel1212]

Instead, how about a law against insulting people’s normal intelligence by presuming the cannot recognize forms of speech?

[clearcarbon]

"Newsom tweeted that a parody video of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris should be 'illegal.' 'The legislature heard the call and passed two laws that forbid political expression under the label of ‘materially deceptive content,’' the lawsuit asserts."

Anyone who could not recognize that as parody is not competent to vote in an election, let alone hold office.