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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA new bill in Florida would require bloggers writing about Ron DeSantis to register with the state o
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/a-new-bill-in-florida-would-require-bloggers-writing-about-ron-desantis-to-register-with-the-state-or-be-fined/ar-AA18a3d0#:~:text=A%20Florida%20senator%20filed%20a%20bill%20mandating%20that,yet%2C%20and%20it%27s%20unclear%20if%20DeSantis%20supports%20it.A Florida senator filed a bill mandating that anyone blogging about DeSantis must register with the state.
S.B. 1316 mandates that bloggers must register within five days of their first post.
The proposed legislation has not been put to a vote yet, and it's unclear if DeSantis supports it.
A new bill introduced in Florida would require any blogger who writes about Gov. Ron DeSantis to register with the state.
The bill was introduced in the Florida Senate on February 28 by GOP lawmaker Jason Brodeur. S.B. 1316 would require any blogger who writes about DeSantis and is paid for their work to register with the state ethics commission or the Florida Office of Legislative Services. They must do so within five days of their first post
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A new bill in Florida would require bloggers writing about Ron DeSantis to register with the state o (Original Post)
diehardblue
Mar 2023
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Lovie777
(12,257 posts)1. "Freedom!"................
Joinfortmill
(14,417 posts)2. Good-bye, Florida. It was good knowing you...
EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)3. This doesn't sound fascist whatsoever...
JFC!
Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)4. I bet they're trying to figure out who is financing the bloggers.
Just to make sure that George Soros isn't behind some kind of astroturfing 3.0
dalton99a
(81,468 posts)5. Kick
bucolic_frolic
(43,145 posts)6. What will they do about satire that never mentions his name?
History teaches this has been done before.
2naSalit
(86,577 posts)7. What if...
A whole bunch of bloggers who aren't IN Florida start blogging about him? Some could filter what the Florida Bloggers post.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)9. DeFascist just may be an even bigger snowflake than Donald Fucking Trump
imagine that
brooklynite
(94,513 posts)10. Meh
Hundreds of crank Bills like this get filed in State Legislatures every year. Most of them never get a vote.
sanatanadharma
(3,701 posts)11. While this is true, every such bill needs to be databased as ...
... these are Republican ideas.
And I am losing confidence that such bills will all be stopped.
The GOP has gone insane.
Tommy Carcetti
(43,181 posts)12. Nope. nt