CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 480Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 17, 2021 An act relating to social media platforms. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 480, as introduced, Stern. Social media platforms: internalizing costs.Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, and also establishes, as approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, the California Privacy Protection Agency and vests it with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to implement and enforce the CCPA.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 480Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 17, 2021 An act relating to social media platforms. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 480, as introduced, Stern. Social media platforms: internalizing costs.Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, and also establishes, as approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, the California Privacy Protection Agency and vests it with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to implement and enforce the CCPA.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 480 Introduced by Senator SternFebruary 17, 2021 Introduced by Senator Stern February 17, 2021 An act relating to social media platforms. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 480, as introduced, Stern. Social media platforms: internalizing costs. Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, and also establishes, as approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, the California Privacy Protection Agency and vests it with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to implement and enforce the CCPA.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large. Existing law, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), grants a consumer various rights with respect to personal information, as defined, that is collected or sold by a business, as defined, and also establishes, as approved by the voters as Proposition 24 at the November 3, 2020, statewide general election, the California Privacy Protection Agency and vests it with full administrative power, authority, and jurisdiction to implement and enforce the CCPA. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require social media platforms to internalize the negative externalities that threaten democratic processes in California and the United States, and not continue to shift these costs to the platform users, government, and society at large. ### SECTION 1.