In California, It’s Now Illegal For Some Bots to Pretend to Be Human

The transparency law is the first of its kind in the U.S. and could serve as a template for future efforts to make it clear who’s real and who’s not online.

Taylor Hatmaker 

Senior Technology Editor

Published Jul. 5 2019 6:11PM EDT 

Taylor Hatmaker

Senior Technology Editor

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