Several weeks ago, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a piece of legislation that was a big win for the people of Florida.
When the law was signed, I saw plenty of rumblings on social media that Congress needed to pen something similar for national protections.
However, we did not see widespread positive reporting about the law.
Freedom of Speech
The new law is called the Digital Bill of Rights.
You know how you do a search on your phone or look something up on Facebook and you then get inundated with ads?
Heck, if you have Alexa, it seems all you have to do is think about it and the ads start to show up.
Well, this bill will stop that from happening.
DeSantis stated, “We want to protect your right as a Floridian to have private, in-person conversations without Big Tech surveilling you.
“If you want to consent to let them have this information so they can fashion advertising based off of it, it’s your right to consent to do so but it should only be if you consent.
“We are also going to protect the right to participate in online platforms without unfair censorship.
“We want free speech.”
DeSantis continued, “We want to protect the right to know how these internet search engines are manipulating search results [and have] transparency in terms of what they’re doing so you can evaluate if that’s a search engine that you want to use or maybe you want to take your business elsewhere.
“We want the right to protect all of your personal on the largest and most common platforms.
“They take that data and make a fortune.
“They should get authorization from you before they are able to monetize that or use it in any way.
“And, finally, the Digital Bill of Rights aims to protect children from various online harms and, as we that’s a huge issue.”
Another huge win for DeSantis and Floridians, but the mainstream media will ignore it because they are about to treat him the same they treated Trump since 2016.
Source: Fox News
