|
?:reviewBody
|
-
On 4 June 2016, the web site Red Flag News published an article reporting that California had introduced a law under which the state could jail anyone who questions man-made climate change. That article drew on one published by Washington Times under a markedly different headline, one asserting that the California Senate [had] sidelined [a] bill to prosecute climate change skeptics: Social media rumors that the SB 1161 would result in jail time for anyone who questions climate change escalated when radio host Glenn Beck published a blog post on 2 June 2016 claiming that: Despite the misleading statements or implications of some headlines and articles on this subject, SB 1161 didn't apply to private individuals, nor did it specify that criminal penalties (including imprisonment) should be applied to climate change deniers. It sought to modify California law to allow the government to pursue civil claims under California's Unfair Competition Law against businesses and organizations that have disseminated misinformation about anthropogenic-induced climate change (even if the statute of limitations for such claims has expired): No provision of the bill mentioned or alluded to jail time, nor were individual citizens targeted by its proposed actions. And irrespective of those oft-reported inaccuracies, the issue is moot because the bill was not taken up by the California state senate and therefore was not enacted as law.
(en)
|
![[This page as RDF]](http://data.gesis.org/claimskg/static/rdf-icon.gif){kind=icon}