Florida Gov. Cracks Down On Big Tech - Lets Residents Sue Over Censorship, $100K Daily Fine For Suspending Political Candidates
Florida Gov. Cracks Down On Big Tech - Lets
Residents Sue Over Censorship, $100K Daily Fine For Suspending Political
Candidates
BY TYLER DURDEN TUESDAY, FEB 02, 2021 - 18:40
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has taken bold action against
Big Tech - announcing several measures to counter widespread censorship of
conservatives and promote the free exchange of information.
As reported by Breitbart's Allum Bokhari,
the measures - announced on Tuesday in a 45-minute speech - include mandatory
opt-outs on content filters for Floridians, fines, and
grants residents the ability to sue over
censorship.
More via Breitbart:
- Mandatory opt-outs from big tech’s content
filters, a solution to tech censorship first proposed
by Breitbart News in 2018.
- A private right of action for
Floridian citizens against tech companies that violate this condition.
- Fines of $100,000 per day levied on
tech companies that suspend candidates for elected office in Florida from
their platforms.
- Daily fines for any tech
company “that uses their content and user-related algorithms to
suppress or prioritize the access of any content related to a political
candidate or cause on the ballot.”
- Greater transparency requirements.
- Disclosure requirements enforced by Florida’s election
authorities for tech companies that favor one candidate over another.
- Power for the Florida attorney general to bring cases
against tech companies that violate these conditions under the
state’s Unfair and Deceptive Practices Act.
"What began as a group of upstart companies from the west
coast has
since transformed into an industry of monopoly communications platforms that
monitor, influence, and control the flow of information in our country and
among our citizens, and they do this to an extent hitherto
unimaginable," said DeSantis, adding "These platforms have changed from
neutral platforms that provided Americans with the freedom to speak to
enforcers of preferred narratives. Consequently, these
platforms have played an increasingly decisive role in elections, and have
negatively impacted Americans who dissent from orthodoxies favored by the Big
Tech cartel."
Watch:
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=913609572799329
Some
250 million Americans, or around 4 out of every 5 people, have social media
accounts.
Other Florida conservatives weighed in on Tuesday's
announcement.
"Florida is taking back the virtual public square as a
place where information and ideas can flow freely. We’re demanding transparency
from the big tech giants," said State House Speaker Chris Sprowls in a
statement.
"The big tech companies have the duty to allow differing
views on their public platforms. No one should be excluded. But let’s be clear:
They are targeting conservatives," said Senate President Wilton Simpson
according to local10, adding that it amounts to
political censorship.
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