Unless you actually enjoy being a submissive fool that loves being told how to live while the same people telling you take most of your earnings, it’s a wonder why anyone still lives in Commiefo — I mean — California.
After far-left Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law that basically attacked election-related memes in state of California on September 17, one satirical organization decided to take action.
Along with the Alliance Defending Freedom, The Babylon Bee filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday on the grounds of violating the First Amendment right to free speech.
According to Townhall:
Celebrating the new laws, Newsom said “you can no longer knowingly distribute an ad or other election communications that contain materially deceptive content—including deepfakes.”
But ADF attorneys, representing both The Babylon Bee and California lawyer Kelly Chang Rickert, argue the laws censor free speech "by using vague standards to punish people for posting certain political content online, including political memes and parodies of politicians."
As for his motivation in signing and enacting the law in question, Newsom used the old, tired “public trust” line.
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“Safeguarding the integrity of elections is essential to democracy, and it’s critical that we ensure AI is not deployed to undermine the public’s trust through disinformation – especially in today’s fraught political climate,” Newsom said. “These measures will help to combat the harmful use of deepfakes in political ads and other content, one of several areas in which the state is being proactive to foster transparent and trustworthy AI.”
Think about how far down the Marxist rabbit hole we’ve gone in this country when the governor of one of its biggest states is publicly scared of memes, therefore doing what he can to censor free speech.
In contrast, people who value free speech aren’t going to let this slide without a fight.
“Unfortunately for them, the First Amendment secures our right to tell jokes they don’t like,” Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon said.
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