“Stop Nick Shirley Act” Passes Assembly: Protecting Fraud Or Free Speech?

California’s state Assembly passed the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” on Tuesday, and yet, Nick Shirley is still out here filming. - Joe Edwards - Staff Writer 

• “AB 2624 can only be described as the ‘Stop Nick Shirley Act’ – a bill designed to silence citizen journalists exposing fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars,” DeMaio said at the time...

“This bill would have made it criminal to expose fake hospices in LA or the Somali ‘learing center’ in Minnesota if they then claim ‘reasonable fear’ and the business owner gives a written demand not to post the video,” Shirley posted to X on May 26.

•  “Plain and simple, California is trying to make it harder to expose fraud and scare individuals from investigating fraud in their communities, as they could be sued for an injunction to remove the video + forced to pay their attorney fees + minimum $4,000 in damages.”...