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		Has California Created A Free Speech Problem?
			He is deliberating whether to sign or veto Senate Bill 771, which would impose civil penalties of up to $1 million against social media companies that knowingly or recklessly aid their users in violating the state’s hate speech and civil rights laws. “Hate speech” isn’t mentioned by name, but the bill contains references to ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			September 30, 2025		
				
					
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		Read the latest from PRI's Free Cities Center
Cities should rethink their zeal for subsidizing AI data centers
			Kate Gallego has had it. In her 2025 State of the City address, Phoenix’s mayor called on lawmakers to eliminate Arizona’s special tax treatment for “new data centers.” Calling it “a holdover from a time before our economy was the magnet for job growth that it is today,” Gallego declared ...		
					
					
			
																				
			D. Dowd Muska		
				
																						
			September 25, 2025		
				
					
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		Murdering The First Amendment, California Style
			Free speech, guaranteed by both the U.S. and California constitutions, has been whipsawed back and forth in California like a regrettable stock purchase for more than a month. The wild ride began when the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 2839, which bans political parody, by wide margins in both chambers (63-8 ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Kerry Jackson		
				
																						
			October 8, 2024		
				
					
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		Bartlett Cleland – Lates on Debates on TikTok, ChatGPT and Privacy
			PRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins Next Round for a discussion on the hot debates in Washington and Sacramento on tech policy.  Bartlett and Tim discuss what federal policymakers should do on TikTok and ChatGPT.  They also explore the just-announced regulations to implement California’s upcoming privacy ...		
					
					
			
																				
			Pacific Research Institute		
				
																						
			May 1, 2023		
				
					Has California Created A Free Speech Problem?
			He is deliberating whether to sign or veto Senate Bill 771, which would impose civil penalties of up to $1 million against social media companies that knowingly or recklessly aid their users in violating the state’s hate speech and civil rights laws. “Hate speech” isn’t mentioned by name, but the bill contains references to ...		
					Read the latest from PRI's Free Cities Center
Cities should rethink their zeal for subsidizing AI data centers
			Kate Gallego has had it. In her 2025 State of the City address, Phoenix’s mayor called on lawmakers to eliminate Arizona’s special tax treatment for “new data centers.” Calling it “a holdover from a time before our economy was the magnet for job growth that it is today,” Gallego declared ...		
					Murdering The First Amendment, California Style
			Free speech, guaranteed by both the U.S. and California constitutions, has been whipsawed back and forth in California like a regrettable stock purchase for more than a month. The wild ride began when the Legislature passed Assembly Bill 2839, which bans political parody, by wide margins in both chambers (63-8 ...		
					Bartlett Cleland – Lates on Debates on TikTok, ChatGPT and Privacy
			PRI Senior Fellow in Tech and Innovation Bartlett Cleland joins Next Round for a discussion on the hot debates in Washington and Sacramento on tech policy.  Bartlett and Tim discuss what federal policymakers should do on TikTok and ChatGPT.  They also explore the just-announced regulations to implement California’s upcoming privacy ...		
					