Internet: social media or search engine service: censorship.

Existing law prohibits an internet service provider from blocking or impairing lawful internet content and applications, engaging in paid prioritization, or unreasonably interfering with a user's ability to access and use lawful internet content. This bill would prohibit a person who operates a social media internet website located in California, as defined, from removing or manipulating content from that site on the basis of the political affiliation or political viewpoint of that content. However, the bill would authorize a site to remove content of a political nature if the site's content is limited to the promotion of only certain political viewpoints and the content is inconsistent with those viewpoints or the content violates the site's community values, provided that the content limitation and community values are clearly stated in the user terms and conditions.