Being an actor seems synonymous with giving up any semblance of privacy, but some Hollywood stars are fighting back against having the personal become public. A California state law passed in September 2016 essentially mandates that IMDb.com, a leading purveyor of information on the film industry, must agree to individual requests to remove the ages of actors, directors, and writers. The law was meant to combat ageism in the industry — but now IMDB is fighting back.

In November, IMDb filed a lawsuit in federal court for the Northern District of California challenging the law, claiming it is a violation of free speech rights. According to Reuters, California bill AB 1687 was deemed “unfair because it was carefully tailored to apply only to the Delaware-based IMDb.com Inc., and not other sources of information such as media websites.”

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