S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    216
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   advertisements to disclose the use of synthetic media

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 396-b of the general  business  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 1031 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   § 396-b. Advertisements. 1.  FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOW-
 ING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A)  "SYNTHETIC  MEDIA"  MEANS A COMPUTER-GENERATED VOICE, PHOTOGRAPH,
 IMAGE, OR LIKENESS CREATED OR MODIFIED THROUGH  THE  USE  OF  ARTIFICIAL
 INTELLIGENCE  AND INTENDED TO PRODUCE OR REPRODUCE A HUMAN VOICE, PHOTO-
 GRAPH, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS, OR A VIDEO CREATED  OR  MODIFIED  THROUGH  AN
 ARTIFICIAL   INTELLIGENCE  ALGORITHM  THAT  IS  CREATED  TO  PRODUCE  OR
 REPRODUCE A HUMAN LIKENESS.
   2. Any person, firm, corporation or association, or agent or  employee
 thereof,  hereinafter  called person, who, being engaged in the business
 of dealing in any property, makes, publishes,  disseminates,  circulates
 or  places  before  the  public or causes, directly or indirectly, to be
 made, published, disseminated, circulated or placed before  the  public,
 in  this  state,  any advertisement respecting any such property, in any
 newspaper, magazine, or other publication, or over any radio station  or
 television  station,  unless it is stated in any such advertisement that
 the advertiser is a dealer in such property or from the context  of  any
 such  advertisement,  it plainly appears that such person is a dealer in
 such property so offered for sale in any  such  advertisement;  or  when
 placing  or  causing  any such advertisement to appear in any newspaper,
 magazine  or  other  publication  or  radio  or  television  station  as
 described  in  this  section,  if requested by the publisher of any such
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01400-01-3
 A. 216                              2
 
 newspaper, magazine or other publication or owner or  operator  of  such
 radio  or  television  station or any agent or representative thereof to
 file with such owner or operator,  publisher,  agent  or  representative
 thereof  his true name, or where he is transacting business under a name
 other than the true name pursuant to law, then the name under which such
 business is transacted, and each business address wherein  any  business
 is  transacted  by  him,  in  the  class of property advertised or to be
 advertised for sale in such advertisement, shall make any  false  state-
 ment  in relation to any of such items; or if requested by the publisher
 of any such newspaper, magazine or other publication or owner or  opera-
 tor  of  such radio or television station or any agent or representative
 thereof to file with such owner, operator, publisher, agent or represen-
 tative thereof a statement showing whether he is causing such advertise-
 ment to appear or is offering to make such sale or disposition or trans-
 action, as herein set forth, as principal or agent, and if as agent,  to
 set  forth such information as is specified in this section, in relation
 to his principal as well as in relation to himself, shall make any false
 statement in relation to any of such items; is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   3. ANY PERSON ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF DEALING IN  ANY  PROPERTY  OR
 SERVICE  WHO MAKES, PUBLISHES, DISSEMINATES, CIRCULATES OR PLACES BEFORE
 THE PUBLIC OR CAUSES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,  TO  BE  MADE,  PUBLISHED,
 DISSEMINATED,  CIRCULATED  OR PLACED BEFORE THE PUBLIC ANY ADVERTISEMENT
 RESPECTING ANY SUCH PROPERTY OR SERVICE, IN ANY MEDIUM OR MEDIA IN WHICH
 SUCH ADVERTISEMENT APPEARS, SHALL  DISCLOSE  IN  SUCH  ADVERTISEMENT  IF
 SYNTHETIC MEDIA IS IN SUCH ADVERTISEMENT.
   (A)  IF  SYNTHETIC MEDIA HAS BEEN USED IN ANY ADVERTISEMENT UNDER THIS
 SECTION TO CREATE A MODEL THAT APPEARS TO DEPICT A NATURAL PERSON,  SUCH
 ADVERTISEMENT  SHALL INCLUDE A DISCLAIMER WHICH CLEARLY STATES THAT SUCH
 MODELS FEATURED IN SUCH ADVERTISEMENT ARE SYNTHETIC,  DO  NOT  DEPICT  A
 NATURAL PERSON, AND ARE GENERATED TO CREATE A HUMAN LIKENESS.
   (B) IT SHALL NOT BE A DEFENSE TO AN ACTION UNDER THIS OR ANY OTHER LAW
 THAT THE DISCLAIMER REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION HAS
 BEEN  INCLUDED  IF  THE SYNTHETIC MEDIA DEPICTS A NATURAL PERSON WITHOUT
 SUCH NATURAL PERSON'S CONSENT.
   (C) A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL RESULT IN A CIVIL PENALTY OF
 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A FIRST VIOLATION, AND  FIVE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS
 FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL LIMIT OR REDUCE ANY RIGHTS ANY PERSON
 MAY  HAVE UNDER SECTION FIFTY, FIFTY-F, OR FIFTY-ONE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
 LAW OR UNDER ANY OTHER LAW.
   5. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT, OR TO ENLARGE,
 THE PROTECTIONS THAT 47 U.S.C. SECTION 230  CONFERS  ON  AN  INTERACTIVE
 COMPUTER  SERVICE  FOR  CONTENT  PROVIDED BY ANOTHER INFORMATION CONTENT
 PROVIDER, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN 47 U.S.C. SECTION 230.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

                             
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                                  216--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK -- read once and referred to
   the  Committee  on  Consumer  Affairs  and  Protection  --   committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to  said  committee  -- again reported from said committee with amend-
   ments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   advertisements to disclose the use of synthetic media
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 396-b of the general  business  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 1031 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   §  396-b.  Advertisements.  1.   (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" MEANS  THE USE OF MACHINE  LEARNING
 TECHNOLOGY,  SOFTWARE, AUTOMATION,   AND  ALGORITHMS  TO  PERFORM TASKS,
 TO MAKE RULES  AND/OR  PREDICTIONS  BASED  ON  EXISTING  DATA  SETS  AND
 INSTRUCTIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) ANY ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS TASKS UNDER VARYING AND UNPRE-
 DICTABLE  CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT HUMAN OVERSIGHT, OR THAT CAN
 LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE WHEN EXPOSED TO DATA SETS;
   (II)  AN  ARTIFICIAL  SYSTEM  DEVELOPED IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE, PHYSICAL
 HARDWARE, OR  OTHER  CONTEXT  THAT  SOLVES  TASKS  REQUIRING  HUMAN-LIKE
 PERCEPTION,  COGNITION,  PLANNING,  LEARNING, COMMUNICATION, OR PHYSICAL
 ACTION;
   (III) AN  ARTIFICIAL  SYSTEM  DESIGNED  TO THINK OR ACT LIKE A  HUMAN,
 INCLUDING COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES AND NEURAL NETWORKS;
   (IV) A SET OF TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING MACHINE LEARNING, THAT IS DESIGNED
 TO APPROXIMATE A COGNITIVE TASK; AND/OR
   (V) AN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM DESIGNED  TO  ACT  RATIONALLY,  INCLUDING  AN
 INTELLIGENT  SOFTWARE  AGENT OR EMBODIED ROBOT THAT ACHIEVES GOALS USING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01400-06-3
              

 A. 216--B                           2
 
 PERCEPTION,  PLANNING,  REASONING,  LEARNING,  COMMUNICATING,   DECISION
 MAKING, AND ACTING.
   (B)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "SYNTHETIC MEDIA" MEANS ANY HUMAN
 VOICE,  PHOTOGRAPH,  IMAGE,  VIDEO  OR  OTHER  HUMAN  LIKENESS  CREATED,
 REPRODUCED,  OR MODIFIED BY COMPUTER, USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTEL-
 LIGENCE OR A SOFTWARE ALGORITHM, TO PRODUCE OR REPRODUCE A  HUMAN  LIKE-
 NESS.
   2.  Any person, firm, corporation or association, or agent or employee
 thereof, hereinafter called person, who, being engaged in  the  business
 of  dealing  in any property, makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates
 or places before the public or causes, directly  or  indirectly,  to  be
 made,  published,  disseminated, circulated or placed before the public,
 in this state, any advertisement respecting any such  property,  in  any
 newspaper,  magazine, or other publication, or over any radio station or
 television station, unless it is stated in any such  advertisement  that
 the  advertiser  is a dealer in such property or from the context of any
 such advertisement, it plainly appears that such person is a  dealer  in
 such  property  so  offered  for sale in any such advertisement; or when
 placing or causing any such advertisement to appear  in  any  newspaper,
 magazine  or  other  publication  or  radio  or  television  station  as
 described in this section, if requested by the  publisher  of  any  such
 newspaper,  magazine  or  other publication or owner or operator of such
 radio or television station or any agent or  representative  thereof  to
 file  with  such  owner  or operator, publisher, agent or representative
 thereof his true name, or where he is transacting business under a  name
 other than the true name pursuant to law, then the name under which such
 business  is  transacted, and each business address wherein any business
 is transacted by him, in the class  of  property  advertised  or  to  be
 advertised  for  sale in such advertisement, shall make any false state-
 ment in relation to any of such items; or if requested by the  publisher
 of  any such newspaper, magazine or other publication or owner or opera-
 tor of such radio or television station or any agent  or  representative
 thereof to file with such owner, operator, publisher, agent or represen-
 tative thereof a statement showing whether he is causing such advertise-
 ment to appear or is offering to make such sale or disposition or trans-
 action,  as herein set forth, as principal or agent, and if as agent, to
 set forth such information as is specified in this section, in  relation
 to his principal as well as in relation to himself, shall make any false
 statement in relation to any of such items; is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   3.  ANY  PERSON  ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF DEALING IN ANY PROPERTY OR
 SERVICE WHO FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSE MAKES,  PUBLISHES,  DISSEMINATES,
 CIRCULATES  OR PLACES BEFORE THE PUBLIC OR CAUSES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECT-
 LY, TO BE MADE, PUBLISHED, DISSEMINATED, CIRCULATED OR PLACED BEFORE THE
 PUBLIC ANY ADVERTISEMENT RESPECTING ANY SUCH PROPERTY OR SERVICE, IN ANY
 MEDIUM OR MEDIA IN WHICH SUCH ADVERTISEMENT APPEARS, SHALL  DISCLOSE  IN
 SUCH  ADVERTISEMENT  IF  SYNTHETIC MEDIA IS IN SUCH ADVERTISEMENT, WHERE
 SUCH PERSON KNOWS OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.
   (A) IF SYNTHETIC MEDIA HAS BEEN USED IN ANY  COMMERCIAL  ADVERTISEMENT
 UNDER  THIS  SECTION  TO CREATE A LIKENESS THAT DEPICTS A NATURAL PERSON
 ENGAGED IN ANY ACTION OR EXPRESSION IN WHICH THE NATURAL PERSON DID  NOT
 ACTUALLY  ENGAGE,  SUCH  ADVERTISEMENT  SHALL INCLUDE A DISCLAIMER WHICH
 CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY STATES THAT SUCH  LIKENESS  FEATURED  IN  SUCH
 ADVERTISEMENT  IS  SYNTHETIC,  DOES  NOT DEPICT A NATURAL PERSON, AND IS
 GENERATED TO CREATE A HUMAN LIKENESS.
   (B) IT SHALL NOT BE A DEFENSE TO AN ACTION UNDER THIS OR ANY OTHER LAW
 THAT THE DISCLAIMER REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION HAS
 A. 216--B                           3
 
 NOT BEEN INCLUDED BECAUSE THE SYNTHETIC MEDIA DEPICTS A  NATURAL  PERSON
 WITH SUCH NATURAL PERSON'S CONSENT.
   (C) A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL RESULT IN A CIVIL PENALTY OF
 ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR A FIRST VIOLATION, AND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
 FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL LIMIT OR REDUCE ANY RIGHTS ANY PERSON
 MAY HAVE UNDER SECTION FIFTY, FIFTY-F, OR FIFTY-ONE OF THE CIVIL  RIGHTS
 LAW OR UNDER ANY OTHER LAW.
   5. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT, OR TO ENLARGE,
 THE  PROTECTIONS  THAT  47  U.S.C. SECTION 230 CONFERS ON AN INTERACTIVE
 COMPUTER SERVICE FOR CONTENT PROVIDED  BY  ANOTHER  INFORMATION  CONTENT
 PROVIDER, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN 47 U.S.C. SECTION 230.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

                             
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                                  216--C
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL, GLICK, GUNTHER, LEVENBERG, SHIMSKY,
   SIMON, ZACCARO, SANTABARBARA, BRONSON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee  on Consumer Affairs and Protection -- committee discharged,
   bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
   committee  --  again  reported  from  said  committee with amendments,
   ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to  said  committee  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Consumer Affairs and Protection in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general  business  law,  in  relation  to  requiring
   advertisements to disclose the use of a synthetic performer
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 396-b of the general  business  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 1031 of the laws of 1965, is amended to read as follows:
   §  396-b.  Advertisements.  1.   (A) FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE" MEANS  THE USE OF MACHINE  LEARNING
 TECHNOLOGY,  SOFTWARE, AUTOMATION,   AND  ALGORITHMS  TO  PERFORM TASKS,
 TO MAKE RULES  AND/OR  PREDICTIONS  BASED  ON  EXISTING  DATA  SETS  AND
 INSTRUCTIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
   (I) ANY ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS TASKS UNDER VARYING AND UNPRE-
 DICTABLE  CIRCUMSTANCES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT HUMAN OVERSIGHT, OR THAT CAN
 LEARN FROM EXPERIENCE AND IMPROVE PERFORMANCE WHEN EXPOSED TO DATA SETS;
   (II)  AN  ARTIFICIAL  SYSTEM  DEVELOPED IN COMPUTER SOFTWARE, PHYSICAL
 HARDWARE, OR  OTHER  CONTEXT  THAT  SOLVES  TASKS  REQUIRING  HUMAN-LIKE
 PERCEPTION,  COGNITION,  PLANNING,  LEARNING, COMMUNICATION, OR PHYSICAL
 ACTION;
   (III) AN  ARTIFICIAL  SYSTEM  DESIGNED  TO THINK OR ACT LIKE A  HUMAN,
 INCLUDING COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES AND NEURAL NETWORKS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD01400-08-4
 A. 216--C                           2
 
   (IV) A SET OF TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING MACHINE LEARNING, THAT IS DESIGNED
 TO APPROXIMATE A COGNITIVE TASK; AND/OR
   (V) AN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM DESIGNED  TO  ACT  RATIONALLY,  INCLUDING  AN
 INTELLIGENT  SOFTWARE  AGENT OR EMBODIED ROBOT THAT ACHIEVES GOALS USING
 PERCEPTION,  PLANNING,  REASONING,  LEARNING,  COMMUNICATING,   DECISION
 MAKING, AND ACTING.
   (B)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION,  "SYNTHETIC  PERFORMER" MEANS A
 DIGITALLY CREATED ASSET CREATED, REPRODUCED, OR  MODIFIED  BY  COMPUTER,
 USING  GENERATIVE  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR A SOFTWARE ALGORITHM, THAT
 IS INTENDED TO CREATE  THE  IMPRESSION  THAT  THE  ASSET  IS  A  NATURAL
 PERFORMER WHO IS NOT RECOGNIZABLE AS ANY IDENTIFIABLE NATURAL PERFORMER.
   2.  Any person, firm, corporation or association, or agent or employee
 thereof, hereinafter called person, who, being engaged in  the  business
 of  dealing  in any property, makes, publishes, disseminates, circulates
 or places before the public or causes, directly  or  indirectly,  to  be
 made,  published,  disseminated, circulated or placed before the public,
 in this state, any advertisement respecting any such  property,  in  any
 newspaper,  magazine, or other publication, or over any radio station or
 television station, unless it is stated in any such  advertisement  that
 the  advertiser  is a dealer in such property or from the context of any
 such advertisement, it plainly appears that such person is a  dealer  in
 such  property  so  offered  for sale in any such advertisement; or when
 placing or causing any such advertisement to appear  in  any  newspaper,
 magazine  or  other  publication  or  radio  or  television  station  as
 described in this section, if requested by the  publisher  of  any  such
 newspaper,  magazine  or  other publication or owner or operator of such
 radio or television station or any agent or  representative  thereof  to
 file  with  such  owner  or operator, publisher, agent or representative
 thereof [his] SUCH PERSON'S true name, or  where  [he]  SUCH  PERSON  is
 transacting  business  under a name other than the true name pursuant to
 law, then the name under which such business  is  transacted,  and  each
 business  address  wherein  any  business  is  transacted  by [him] SUCH
 PERSON, in the class of property advertised or to be advertised for sale
 in such advertisement, shall make any false statement in relation to any
 of such items; or if requested by the publisher of any  such  newspaper,
 magazine  or  other  publication  or  owner or operator of such radio or
 television station or any agent or representative thereof to  file  with
 such  owner,  operator,  publisher,  agent  or  representative thereof a
 statement showing whether [he] SUCH PERSON is causing such advertisement
 to appear or is offering to make such  sale  or  disposition  or  trans-
 action,  as herein set forth, as principal or agent, and if as agent, to
 set forth such information as is specified in this section, in  relation
 to  [his]  SUCH  PERSON'S  principal as well as in relation to [himself]
 SUCH PERSON, shall make any false statement in relation to any  of  such
 items; is guilty of a misdemeanor.
   3.  ANY  PERSON  ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF DEALING IN ANY PROPERTY OR
 SERVICE WHO FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSE MAKES,  PUBLISHES,  DISSEMINATES,
 CIRCULATES  OR PLACES BEFORE THE PUBLIC OR CAUSES, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECT-
 LY, TO BE MADE, PUBLISHED, DISSEMINATED, CIRCULATED OR PLACED BEFORE THE
 PUBLIC ANY ADVERTISEMENT RESPECTING ANY SUCH PROPERTY OR SERVICE, IN ANY
 MEDIUM OR MEDIA IN WHICH SUCH ADVERTISEMENT APPEARS, SHALL  DISCLOSE  IN
 SUCH  ADVERTISEMENT  IF  A SYNTHETIC PERFORMER IS IN SUCH ADVERTISEMENT,
 WHERE SUCH PERSON HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE.  A VIOLATION OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL RESULT IN A CIVIL PENALTY OF ONE  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  FOR  A  FIRST
 VIOLATION, AND FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT VIOLATION.
 A. 216--C                           3
 
   4. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL LIMIT OR REDUCE ANY RIGHTS ANY PERSON
 MAY  HAVE UNDER SECTION FIFTY, FIFTY-F, OR FIFTY-ONE OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS
 LAW OR UNDER ANY OTHER LAW.
   5. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT, OR TO ENLARGE,
 THE  PROTECTIONS  THAT  47  U.S.C. SECTION 230 CONFERS ON AN INTERACTIVE
 COMPUTER SERVICE FOR CONTENT PROVIDED  BY  ANOTHER  INFORMATION  CONTENT
 PROVIDER, AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN 47 U.S.C. SECTION 230.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion,  section  or  part  of  this act shall be adjudged by any court of
 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment  shall  not  affect,
 impair,  or  invalidate  the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in
 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph,  subdivision,  section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the  legislature  that  this  act  would  have been enacted even if such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.