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Jul. 24, 2024
California's Bolstering Online Transparency Act targets bot disclosures in elections and transactions
See more on California's Bolstering Online Transparency Act targets bot disclosures in elections and transactionsCalifornia passed the Bolstering Online Transparency Act (Senate Bill 1001), which became effective July 1, 2019, and requires clear and conspicuous disclosures of bots. By Tracy Rubin, Vince Sampson and Patrick Van Eecke
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In September 2018, California passed the Bolstering Online Transparency Act (Senate Bill 1001), which became effective July 1, 2019, and requires clear and conspicuous disclosures of bots ("automated online account[s] where all or substantially all of the actions or posts of that account are not the result of a person"), in the context of incentivizing a purchase or sale of goods or services in a commercial transaction or influencing a vote in an election. Notably, the former has...
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