Wow, do I love this guy! I’m sure some of you out there would love to have this guy as your Governor instead of the douce bag you have. LOL. Sorry we won’t give him up. Maybe, just maybe, he should be our next choice for POTUS, we just have to come up with another party for I don’t believe he would go for the RNC as it is now run by an incompetent woman named Liz Cheney.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launched an offensive against “Big Tech” on Tuesday, warning that the social media platforms are targeting politicians like former President Donald Trump now but will soon be coming for regular American citizens, vowing to combat the threat.
“Today they may come after someone who looks like me. Tomorrow they may come after someone who looks like you,” DeSantis, a Republican, said during a news conference outside the state Capitol as he announced the Transparency in Technology Act.
The governor said he intends to “protect privacy” from the “oligarchs in Silicon Valley” – Google, Facebook and Twitter – because the platforms have “changed from neutral platforms to enforcers of preferred narratives.”
“I’m committed to addressing what may be one of the most pervasive threats to American self-government in the 21st century,” he said.
He singled out Twitter for suspending Trump’s account “due to the risk of further incitement of violence” after Jan. 6’s Capitol riots and Amazon closing its servers to the social media alternative Parler.
“What about the 88 million Americans who chose to follow Donald Trump? Sorry. Content moderators on Twitter pulled the plug,” DeSantis said.
After Twitter suspended Trump’s account, many of his followers turned to Parler, hoping to express their opinions and beliefs in a less-regulated environment, until tech behemoths turned against it.
“What really scared me was the decapitation of Parler,” he said. “Big tech has come to look more like big brother with each passing day.”
As an example of big tech intervening to block information they disagreed with, Desantis mentioned The Post story from October about Hunter Biden’s foreign dealings blocked by Twitter.
“The Hunter Biden story was true. The typical corporate media outlets chose to ignore it. They wanted to beat Trump,” he said, adding that the report about President Biden’s son “couldn’t get any traction” weeks before the election.
He said reporters wouldn’t have hesitated to go after him if he were the subject of the same story.
“You’re trying to tell me if there’s hacked information that could damage me, you guys wouldn’t print it? Give me a break.” DeSantis said. “You guys would print it every single day if you could. And Big Tech would allow it to proliferate 24/7.” Note, he is always at war with the press nerds
As part of his measure, DeSantis suggested fines of $100,000 per day for de-platforming political candidates, as well as daily fines for any company “that uses their content and user-related algorithms to suppress or prioritize the access of any content related to a political candidate or cause on the ballot.”
The Governor also called for allowing people to opt-out of content algorithms, requiring notification about changes in terms of service and providing the right of citizens to take legal action if these conditions are violated.
DeSantis announced that under his policy, the Florida AG would be empowered to bring cases against tech companies under the Unfair and Deceptive Practices Act.
“Floridians should have the privacy of their data and personal information protected, their ability to access and participate in online platforms protected, and their ability to participate in elections free from interference from Big Tech protected. What began as a group of upstart technology companies from the West Coast has since transformed into an industry of monopoly platforms that monitor influence and control the flow of information in our country and among our citizens,” DeSantis said.
“The core issue here is this: are consumers going to have the choice to consume the information they choose, or are oligarchs in Silicon Valley going to make those choices for us?”
Originally posted 2021-02-04 14:35:43.
Let the truth be said! The whole stinking government is corrupt! Starting with The Biden Administration…Obama Administration ..the Current Congress..(House and Senate..) the DOJ.., the F.B.I, the CIA…the NSA.. the I.R.S.., and the complete Democratic Party!! Ninety -Eight percent of our national media is corrupted and is in bed with all of the social media…Instagarm.. Facebook, Googles…Twitter, etc..!
What a bunch of corrupt assholes we have allowed to take over this country..the good old boys including all of the Bushes!
What dirty bastards these Congressional assholes are that are ruining our counry..it makes me sick..these lousy treasonous pieces of shit ..like the Clinton’s and Obama’s!! Crap.. that have lied and continued to live in our country while stealing and allowing this shit to happen!
I pray to God that they are punished…I pray that they are somehow brought to their knees and that they will pay for their crimes and their wrong doings…I pray for some Godly leader to punish them eternally!
I pray for all of those who sow this evil and this crime..that they will pay for ithe rest of their lives..! If a civli war comes..I want my share of their blood to be spilled by my hand! I am ready and I believe that the only way to stop these ‘left winged ” idiots is to go get them..all of them..!
Don’t hold back Jack! LOL. Not laughing at you brother as I am with you 100%. Make them bleed, every damn one of them!!
GET SOME!
This much needed change has to begin somewhere … I’m glad it’s in my state.
YES Mustang, we gotta keep him in office and maybe something bigger when the right time comes.
Yep. Sounds good to me. Note: There were NO riots on 6 Jan 2021 in Washington DC. Taffy and I were there for FOUR hours. It was bitterly cold, but the massive number of people were all polite and friendly. We saw no weapons and no one including Trump encouraged us to “storm” the Capitol building. It was purely so Congress could actually see the number of Americans that thought the voting was a fraud. One CP Officer was killed by someone with a fire extinguisher and one woman was killed by being shot by a CP Officer. We did not go into the Capitol so I cannot be a eye witness to what went on. The relatively small number (low hundreds) that did get in did not set fire to the place nor much of anything. That is my take. More press over stating things and missing the real point of the rally.
Great call out by the Governor. We next to go this rabble. It’s is out and out censorship as they think the 1st Amendment only applies to things you agree with. Grizzly sends.
Ron DeSantis has been calling it as he sees it and a strong voice for the conservative movement since he was in Congress . It appears as if he nailed it again with this view on social media.
Unfortunately out here on the “Left” coast there is a trio of blithering idiotic governors that seem to be in competition with each other to see which one can pull the most stupid act. Most of the citizens of CA, OR, and WA envy those of you residing in FL. Does DeSantis have a clone?
LOL, heck I don’t know Smitty, I’ll have to look into that one. Ha Ha. I love the guy!!!!!!!
Colonel, he is something special. You are fortunate to have him as your Governor. And he is spot-on the need to confront and defeat this obvious threat to free speech and pursuit of truth everywhere. You won’t find an ounce of it in our main stream media today. We are indeed in grave trouble across the board.
Yes we are fortunate to have him Chuck. Folks are moving into FL by the hundreds. There is building going on everywhere. My greatest fear is that many may be those liberal leftist NE Coast scum. I would REALY hate to see this States turn blue. God forbid and please help us stay RED