https://thehill.com/policy/technolo...o-fine-tech-companies-for-banning-politicians /* The bill prohibits most tech companies from banning politicians in the state. Under the newly signed law, the Florida Election Commission can impose fines of $250,000 per day on any social media company that deplatforms any candidate for statewide office and $25,000 per day for deplatforming candidates for non-statewide offices. */ This is certainly going to be interesting. If there was ever a bill signed into law as a Scotus setup this must be among the boldest of them. Special rules just for candidates? Protection until midnight on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, local time. Then, win or lose protection is over, but continues in the case of a runoff?
Its a neat idea but I don't see this being enforceable. There has to be a 2024 connection here. Twitter/Facebook/etc have already made it crystal clear that bans will not only be applied to individuals that they deem to be rule breakers, but those that carry any message the banned individual might also share even if the message in question isn't a rule violation. Pres Trump and Gov DeathSantis are attached at the hip and whichever one of them runs the other will be explicitly linked to them and thus will be subject to as ban as well.
So much for the private company "no shoes, no shirt, no service" defense. I guess those that hate "big government" are only against it when it doesn't help them.
Try to enforce it LOL!. So much for the free market in florida. The State of Florida is going to order a private company to give a free platform to politicians. Isn't that special. If they don't pay does he plan to block twitter or facebook in Florida? This is hilarious!
