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Challengers ask US appeals court to rule against Calif. election communications law

( March 11, 2026, 21:25 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Plaintiffs challenging California’s law against deceptive election communications on social media platforms told a US appeals court that the First and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit the state from forcing platforms to police their users’ political speech and to serve as arbiters of truth for local political races. They said that the law forces platforms to create a “snitch line” so people can report posts by users that contain certain political content — including content critical of politicians — and then either censor the posts or slap unnecessary labels on them, which is “antithetical” to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act’s protection of private forums for political speech.See attached file. ...

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