{"id":540455,"date":"2021-05-25T17:36:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540455"},"modified":"2021-05-25T17:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T21:36:12","slug":"fla-passes-law-cracking-down-on-big-tech-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-passes-law-cracking-down-on-big-tech-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Fla. passes law cracking down on Big Tech censorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffla-passes-law-cracking-down-on-big-tech-censorship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=540455&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2412681\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2412681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis responds to local TV reporter\u2019s question after he signed legislation seeking to punish social media platforms that remove conservative ideas from their sites at Florida International University\u2019s\u2019s MARC building in Miami. (Carl Juste\/Miami Herald via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:25 PM PT \u2013 Tuesday, May 25, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) recently hammered down on Big Tech overreach. He signed into law a new bill aimed at keeping Big Tech companies from censoring free speech and banning people from their platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a big problem,\u201d he asserted. \u201cWe don\u2019t even need to get into the election interference from Silicon Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill, titled SB 7072, aims to safeguard Floridians from social media censorship and impose hefty fines on platforms who ban political candidates as a way to crack down on such forms of election interference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey shadowban people which creates partisan echo chambers\u201d he mentioned. \u201cThey are some of the major reasons why this country is divided for doing what they\u2019re doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Under the new law, any platform which bans a political candidate will receive a daily fine of $250,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Florida\u2019s first-in-the-Nation Big Tech Bill will fine social media platforms $250,000 a day for deplatforming a statewide candidate for elected office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jiohyGLccj\">pic.twitter.com\/jiohyGLccj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1396990649031876608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis began this crusade against Big Tech back in February when he began lobbing accusations at major platforms for disproportionately and unfairly silencing conservative voices. He believes this benefits their political ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they have used this power in Silicon Valley to oppose their orthodoxies and their ideologies on our public square,\u201d he argued. \u201cThis is not how a free society should operate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new law gives Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody the ability to take action against tech giants who make any moves in violation of the new law. Similarly, platform users from Florida will have the ability to sue social media giants as well.<\/p>\n<p>The grounds for action will come from Florida\u2019s unfair and deceptive Trade Policies Act, which would see censorship and shadowbanning by social media platforms as a violation of anti-trust law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Gov. 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