The Babylon Bee, a conservative satire website, is suing California over a social-media law that requires periodic reporting about content categories, terms of service and how the platforms deal with hate speech, so-called disinformation and harassment.
“California passed an unconstitutional censorship law. We’re suing to stop its enforcement,” Mr.The Babylon Bee CEO pointed to Mr. Newsom’s push to ensure that social media is not “weaponized to spread hate and disinformation that threaten our communities and foundational values as a country.”“It’s a good thing when people are allowed to speak freely. It’s a bad thing when Big Tech and the government work together to decide what we’re allowed to say. Why? Because they often get it wrong.
“The Fourteenth Amendment prohibits state laws that either do not contain enough specificity and direction for a person of ordinary intelligence to know what is required or do not provide explicit standards,” the lawsuit says.The Washington Times reached out to Mr.
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