California Is Killing All Free Speech With A Bill That Allows Them To Do It – No Stopping It Now!
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California is at it again, chipping away at the rights of citizens and conservatives are concerned. The reason that conservatives consider this to be a huge problem is not only that California is still part of the United States and its citizens are still entitled to the rights that the Constitution affords them.
The second reason is that it’s long been speculated that California sets the tone for what happens in the rest of the country. The “left coast” has long been a testing ground for controversial and downright socialist policies that the left want’s to pass in the rest of our country. Because of that, paying attention to California is like getting a peek into the playbook of those who consider the Constitution to be antiquated and non-applicable to today’s life.
The most recent infringement planned is hidden under the guise of combatting fake news, and if passed, it’s going to be a slap in the face to free speech. According to the Gateway Pundit, this constitutionally offensive piece of legislation was introduced by Richard Pan, a far left California state senator.
Jon Rappoport, a Pulitzer Prize-nominated investigative reporter, this is definitely something that we should be paying attention to, if we want to keep all of our Constitutionally promised freedoms:
“California used to be trumpeted as the cutting edge of American culture.
It still is, except the culture is now all about censoring free speech.
California Senator Richard Pan, who was behind the infamous 2015 law mandating vaccinations for schoolchildren (SB277), has stepped up to the plate and introduced another bill.
This one would clamp down on criticism of ANY Official Story.
The bill is titled “SB1424 Internet: social media: false information: strategic plan.”
It targets social media based in California. But as you read the bill, you see it appears to define social media as any Internet blog, website, or communication.
SB1424 is brief. Read it:
‘This bill would require any person who operates a social media, as defined, Internet Web site with a physical presence in California to develop a strategic plan to verify news stories shared on its Web site. The bill would require the plan to include, among other things, a plan to mitigate the spread of false information through news stories, the utilization of fact-checkers to verify news stories, providing outreach to social media users, and placing a warning on a news story containing false information.
(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.’
Getting the picture?
It’s a free speech killer.
If it passes, agencies of the California government will develop numerous regulations for enforcement, including penalties for ‘speech criminals.’
Saying this bill violates the 1st Amendment of the Constitution is a vast understatement. The last time I looked, the Founders mentioned nothing about fact checkers or warnings attached to speech.
“Open borders and a flood of immigration into California are destructive to—wait. My statement has been precluded by warnings and fact-checker overrides…”
Or: ‘VACCINES ARE DANGEROUS. Ahem, I am making a debatable assertion and I must warn you that official experts strenuously disagree with me, and furthermore, the California Fact Checkers United, a division of Merck-Snopes Thought Police, has determined that my assertion is groundless and harmful to children’s health…’
There needs to be a relentless tsunami of protest in California over this Orwellian bill. I know of a number of Internet news operations in the state. They must jump in and lead the way.
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