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In California, It’s Now Illegal For Some Bots to Pretend to Be Human
BOT PROBLEMS
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
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Taylor Hatmaker
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