Posted on 05/23/2023 7:06:18 PM PDT by marshmallow
RNS) — The National Religious Broadcasters, an association of Christian media outlets, has joined a lawsuit seeking to block a California law that requires social media companies to publish their policies on removing hate speech from their platforms.
“In an environment where much religious viewpoint expression is considered ‘controversial’ speech, NRB is acting to stop the weaponization of new laws against Christian communicators,” said Troy Miller, the NRB’s president and chief executive officer, in a statement.
Signing AB 587 last September, Gov. Gavin Newsom said in a statement that “California will not stand by as social media is weaponized to spread hate and disinformation that threaten our communities and foundational values as a country.”
Under the law, companies must disclose in detail how they remove content, including hate speech, disinformation, extremism, harassment and foreign political interference. They are also required to submit terms of service reports to the state attorney general by Jan. 1, 2024. Fines for noncompliance were set at up to $15,000 per violation per day.
Internet freedom and tech lobbying organizations, as well as the California Chamber of Commerce, have opposed the bill since it was introduced by Democratic Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel.
(Excerpt) Read more at religionnews.com ...
Hate speech is code for opposing opinion. Even if it were truly ‘hate’ speech, its still protected by the 1A.
Calling sin sin is considered hate speech.
All insults to the Pope will be removed.
That is all for the time being.
So, they hate my speech so much they want to remove it.
Did I get that right?
Those Christophobes hate God.
Timeline for boiling the Christian frog.
2011
https://archive.is/Bgxw9
https://religionnews.com/2011/09/15/religious-broadcasters-complain-of-viewpoint-censorship/
2022 California AB-587
https://archive.is/z2ykV
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB587
2022
https://archive.is/eqFlb
https://apnews.com/article/technology-social-media-california-gavin-newsom-7647a25ada2719c266e16e3a2d512b2b
https://archive.is/9myUS
https://apnews.com/article/technology-california-gavin-newsom-d044d21d28176f5c5010fccf78f0697c
2023
https://archive.is/BzgBv
https://religionnews.com/2023/05/19/religious-broadcasters-seeks-to-stop-ca-law-requiring-companies-to-disclose-social-media-policies/
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