California should penalize social media influencers who fail to disclose paid political content

Platform regulation, artificial intelligence, surveillance, data privacy and the antitrust scrutiny of large firms, as they are argued in American politics. A domain where federal law lags well behind deployment, leaving states and the courts to set the boundaries instead.

Money raised and spent to influence American elections, from individual donations and party committees to political action committees and independent expenditure groups. Governed by disclosure requirements and contribution limits that Supreme Court rulings have steadily narrowed since Citizens United in 2010.