AB 894

This bill prohibits state agency employees and state elected officials from

influencing or attempting to influence a social media Internet site to censor,

deplatform, or shadow ban users on the social media Internet site. The prohibition

also applies to a U.S. senator or representative in congress elected to his or her office

in this state and to federal government agency employees present in this state.

The bill defines “deplatforming” as deleting or banning a user from a social

media Internet site for more than 60 days, and defines “shadow banning” as limiting

or eliminating the exposure of a user, or content posted by or about a user, to other

users. The penalty for each violation of the bill's prohibitions is a forfeiture between

$1,000 and $10,000.