Gov. DeSantis leads the way for states to protect their citizens’ rights online.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s signing of Senate Bill 7072 on May 24 is one of the most significant public policy successes in the nation this year. Perhaps No. 1, in fact.
The new law requires Big Tech companies to tell people exactly why their opinions have been censored, apply their standards consistently to all users regardless of their political and social opinions, and give due notice of changes to content-moderation policies. In short, Big Tech bureaucrats must treat all opinions alike if they are to enjoy immunity to lawsuits in Florida.
Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996 gives internet communications “platforms” immunity from lawsuits over content moderation in removing “obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing” user communications. It was meant to ensure “good faith” actions to remove obscene material would not be punished by a hailstorm of lawsuits. The law does not give Big Tech oligarchs the right to censor news and other facts, assertions, and opinions that make leftists feel squirrely.
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