[SilverElfin]

Yep this is absolutely censorship with extra steps but also just an unnecessary bureaucracy. I think the things you have in quote are the core of it - all these artificial labels and categorizations of what is ultimately plain old speech, are trying to provide pathways to violate constitutional rights. California is not new to this game however - look at the absurd lengths they’ve gone to in violating second amendment rights. This is the same playbook.

What is surprising, however, is the timing. Newsom vetoed the previous verison of this bill. Him signing it after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, when there is so much conversation around the importance of free speech, is odd. It reminds me of this recent article:

Everyone’s a Free-Speech Hypocrite by Greg Lukianoff, the president and chief executive of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/opinion/consequence-cultu...