{"data":{"id":"us-ca/bpc-17940","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"BPC § 17940","heading":"","body":"For purposes of this chapter:\n(a) “Bot” means an automated online account where all or substantially all of the actions or posts of that account are not the result of a person.\n(b) “Online” means appearing on any public-facing Internet Web site, Web application, or digital application, including a social network or publication.\n(c) “Online platform” means any public-facing Internet Web site, Web application, or digital application, including a social network or publication, that has 10,000,000 or more unique monthly United States visitors or users for a majority of months during the preceding 12 months.\n(d) “Person” means a natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, estate, trust, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or other legal entity or any combination thereof.","path":["Business and Professions Code - BPC","DIVISION 7. GENERAL BUSINESS REGULATIONS [16000. - 18107.]","PART 3. REPRESENTATIONS TO THE PUBLIC [17500. - 17943.]","CHAPTER 6. Bots [17940. - 17943.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"0deba65ca2f35442ca57121f31a5bbcb5c95f50a1d9098dee4ae6d95111b71c3","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/bpc-17930","next":"us-ca/bpc-17941"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}