SB 1001: Bots: disclosure.
- Session Year: 2017-2018
- House: Senate
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Existing law regulates various businesses to, among other things, preserve and regulate competition, prohibit unfair trade practices, and regulate advertising.
This bill would, with certain exceptions, make it unlawful for any person to use a bot to communicate or interact with another person in California online with the intent to mislead the other person about its artificial identity for the purpose of knowingly deceiving the person about the content of the communication in order to incentivize a purchase or sale of goods or services in a commercial transaction or to influence a vote in an election. The bill would define various terms for these purposes. The bill would make these provisions operative on July 1, 2019.
Discussed in Hearing
4MIN
Aug 31, 2018
Senate Floor
1MIN
Aug 30, 2018
Assembly Floor
2MIN
Aug 15, 2018
Assembly Standing Committee on Appropriations
20MIN
Jun 19, 2018
Assembly Standing Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection
4MIN
May 30, 2018
Senate Floor
15MIN
Apr 24, 2018
Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary
31MIN
Apr 16, 2018