San Francisco Chronicle wrote about our free speech victory in Kohls v. Bonta.
“(W)hile a well-founded fear of a digitally manipulated media landscape may be justified,” the judge said, “this fear does not give legislators unbridled license to bulldoze over the longstanding tradition of critique, parody, and satire protected by the First Amendment.”
Kohls’ lawyer, Theodore Frank, said the ruling was “a straightforward application of existing law” and he expects AB2655 to be struck down as well. “Perhaps at some point the California government will become too embarrassed to keep creating new laws to trample free speech, but it hasn’t happened yet,” Frank said.
Read more at San Francisco Chronicle.