AB 2624 would hit journalists with misdemeanors, $10,000 fines, imprisonment, and forced content takedowns. The framing here is that this bill was drafted specifically to shield government-funded immigrant organizations from the kind of exposure that has already happened. Under the bill, entities like the Somali daycare centers caught up in fraud investigations would be legally protected from being reported on if they operate in California. Press freedom and protecting fraudsters from accountability are not the same thing, but California legislators apparently need a reminder.