California SB 771, which is now on Governor Newsom's desk for signature, would add a new statute that provides the following (some structure added):

(a) A social media platform [that has >$100M in annual revenues] that • violates [California Civil Code] Section 51.7, 51.9, 52, or 52.1 through its algorithms that relay content to users • or aids, abets, acts in concert, or conspires in a violation of any of those sections, • or is a joint tortfeasor in a violation of any of those sections,

shall … be liable to a prevailing plaintiff for a civil penalty for each violation sufficient to deter future violations but not to exceed [$1M for knowing violations, and $500K for reckless violations, potentially doubled if the platform knew, or should have known, that the plaintiff was a minor]

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