2025-10-14
@TheFIREorg Cynically, I imagine he vetoed it because he knew it would not stand up in court (because it would not), and if he signed it, he would go into his 2028 Presidential run with an unpopular black-eye, potentially just as SCOTUS is ruling against this, as he knows they surely would.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 771, which would've fined social media companies up to $1M if their algorithms promoted violent or extremist content
To the Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 771 without my signature. Sophia Bollag / GovTech : California Governor Signs New Artificial Intelligence ...