SB 697

As amended 3/18/26: - Establishes a rebuttable presumption that a social media platform makes an independent expenditure if it knowingly alters its algorithm to amplify political content to benefit a candidate. - Creates civil and criminal penalties for a social media platform that is deemed to have made such an expenditure and fails to file a required report. - Prohibits a foreign national from using a bot to publish, distribute, or disseminate campaign material or to artificially amplify political content for the purpose of influencing an election.