DeSantis Calls Big Tech The Censorship Arm of the Democratic Party

DeSantis, like Trump, didn’t take any punches. After several clashes with the staff of the Covid policy health bureaucracy, against CRT peddlers, and even recreating an armed force in Florida, DeSantis decided to take on Big Tech, label the DNC censorship department.

Specifically, DeSantis said this in a great tweet:

“Big Tech has become the censorship arm of the Democratic Party and the political left, silencing and bringing down anyone who rejects the narrative of the chosen left.

Silicon Valley tycoons should not be the arbiter of free speech in our country. We must fight back! ”

As you can see from the tweet, DeSantis was responding to a Heritage Foundation video in which Kara Frederick, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, testified during the Energy and Commerce Commission hearing, The Subcommittee on Media and Technology, describes the wide disparities in who is moderated by Big Tech Masters of the Universe and the tools Facebook uses to moderate right-leaning content. See her here:

So DeSantis echoed those concerns; like many Americans, he was fed up with the big tech tyrants.

However, unlike many of his GOP colleagues, Governor DeSantis did not limit his outrage with harsh words. He acted against Big Tech, sign an invoice into law in May, giving citizens the right to strike back at Big Tech when it is subjected to unfair censorship or for unacceptable reasons. Like the New York Post reported at the time:

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sign an invoice on Monday, that would allow individuals to sue social media platforms if they were “unfairly censored” and penalize Big Tech companies for removing political candidates in the state – aims to thwart attempts by corporate giants to “discriminate in favor of the ideological rulers of Silicon Valley. ”

Receipt would authorize the Florida Elections Commission to fine $250,000 per day for social media companies that disqualify any candidate running for office across the state and $25,000 per day for candidates running for office. candidate for non-state office.

The act – scheduled to go into effect July 1 – will also require companies to issue a 30-day warning period before users are deleted and will require companies to publish their standards. to block and delete users and their content.

That law, one of many concrete steps needs to be done to rein in Big Tech, shows that DeSantis not only understands the Big Tech problem as Mrs. Frederick has defined it, but is also ready to fight back.