The California Political Cyberfraud Abatement Act.

Existing law makes it unlawful for a person, with intent to mislead, deceive, or defraud, to commit an act of political cyberfraud, as defined. Existing law defines the term "political cyberfraud" to include a knowing and willful act concerning a political Web site that is committed with the intent to deny a person access to a political Web site, deny a person the opportunity to register a domain name for a political Web site, or to cause a person reasonably to believe that a political Web site has been posted by a person other than the person who posted the Web site, and would cause a reasonable person, after reading the Web site, to believe the site actually represents the view of the proponent or opponent of a ballot measure. Existing law also defines the term "political Web site" to mean an Internet Web site that urges or appears to urge the support or opposition of a ballot measure. This bill would modify the definition of the terms "political cyberfraud" and "political Web site" to include Internet Web sites that urge or appear to urge the support or opposition of candidates for public office.