Just the News wrote about our recent win in Kohls v. Bonta, when a federal court permanently enjoined with respect to Christopher Kohls, also known as popular YouTube star, “Mr Reagan”, and other plaintiffs, a California law that barred the sharing of political satire created with AI technology.
HLLI was the first to challenge the laws, filing suit in September 2024 within an hour of Gov. Gavin Newsom signing the bills—and was later joined by suits from the Babylon Bee, Rumble, and X.
HLLI said a federal court last week ruled that the two state laws violated the Constitution, confirming a lower court’s injunction on the two laws. The case was filed on behalf of YouTuber Mr. Reagan and joined by the Babylon Bee, Rumble, and X.
“HLLI is proud to defend free speech and pleased that, for the second time, the court got it exactly right,” HLLI Senior Attorney Adam Schulman said in a statement. “California can use public information campaigns or its own speech to wage its crusade against political misinformation. But it can’t tape shut the mouths of internet commentators, nor force political humorists to paste the state’s disclaimer on the top of their jokes.”
Read more at Just the News.