California Elections Code

§ 20519

ELEC § 20519 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 20 · Ch. 7

Statute text

This chapter does not apply to any of the following:

(a)A regularly published online newspaper, magazine, or other periodical of general circulation that routinely carries news and commentary of general interest, and that publishes any materially deceptive content that an online platform is required to block or label based on this chapter, if the publication contains a clear disclosure that the materially deceptive content does not accurately represent any actual event, occurrence, appearance, speech, or expressive conduct.

(b)(1) A broadcasting station that broadcasts any materially deceptive content prohibited by this chapter as part of a bona fide newscast, news interview, news documentary, commentary of general interest, or on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events, if the broadcast clearly acknowledges through content or a disclosure, in a manner that can be easily heard or read by the average listener or viewer, that the materially deceptive content does not accurately represent any actual event, occurrence, appearance, speech, or expressive conduct.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 261, Sec. 3. (AB 2655) Effective January 1, 2025.