Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Monday that he would support legislation to shift the balance of power back to consumers in the state and away from Big Tech.
DeSantis, a Republican, spoke at a press conference in Tallahassee, and announced that he and Florida House leaders will promote a law (HB 969) that gives consumers the right to demand information about how companies use their data so they can , in part, “maintaining your privacy.”
“Today we take another important step to hold Big Tech accountable and return the balance of power to consumers by introducing legislation to increase data privacy and security in Florida,” wrote DeSantis on Twitter.
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Earlier this month, DeSantis and Florida lawmakers announced a proposal to penalize the big tech companies – Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple and Amazon – that they accused of silencing conservatives’ freedom of speech.
“We saw the power of his censorship over individuals and organizations, including what I believe to be clear discrimination from a point of view, ” DeSantis said, according to the Tampa Bay Times. a candidate for an elected position in Florida during the election, a company will face a daily fine of $ 100,000 until the candidate’s access to the platform is restored again. “
The change came after former President Donald Trump was removed from social media after the deadly riot at the United States Capitol on January 6.
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“Floridians shouldn’t have to provide their most intimate information to use a mobile device, surf the Internet or connect with friends and family on social media. The status quo has been a one-way street with Big Tech, and we can ‘ “Don’t let this go any longer,” said DeSantis.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis answers questions during a news conference on the expansion of the Modern COVID-19 vaccine at Orlando Health South Seminole Hospital in Longwood, Florida, on January 4, 2021. (Joe Burbank / Orlando Sentinel via AP, Archive)
Congresswoman Fiona McFarland, R-Sarasota sponsored the project. She said that if the legislation becomes law, consumers will have the right to find out what data the companies have collected and process if the rules are broken, Orlando Sentinel said.
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The state can also sue companies if it believes it is “in the public interest,” according to the bill.