‘You Can Whiz on my Leg, But Don’t Tell me it’s Raining’

Gotta love Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL). He’s taking on Big Tech and he’s not waiting around to do it.

DeSantis said legislation he’d support also would allow $100,000 daily fines to be levied against a company that removes a political candidate from its platform during an election campaign. Any favorable support a candidate receives from a media company in getting a campaign message out also should be reported as a political contribution, the governor said.

He also would allow people to sue social media firms if they’re de-platformed or otherwise punished, opt out of some online algorithms and authorize Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to sue companies under the state’s unfair and deceptive trade practices law for punishing individuals for content they post.

#Thread @GovRonDeSantis Announcing Steps The State Of Florida Will Take To Deal With Big Tech

"These platforms have played an increasingly decisive role in elections, and have negatively impacted Americans who dissent from orthodoxies favored by the Big Tech Cartel." 1/ pic.twitter.com/Z0npEPL3c9

— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) February 2, 2021

.@GovRonDeSantis Announcing Some Of The New Regulations The State Of Florida Will Seek To Enact To Deal With Big Tech & How They Will Be Enforced 2/ pic.twitter.com/YnqEtUGdBR

— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) February 2, 2021

.@GovRonDeSantis: "Under our proposal, if a technology company de-platforms a candidate for elected office in Florida during an election that company will face a daily fine of $100k until the candidate's access to the platform is restored." 3/ pic.twitter.com/jCceBB8zsk

— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) February 2, 2021

.@GovRonDeSantis: "The message is loud & clear: when it comes to elections in Florida, Big Tech should stay out of it."

"We can't allow Floridians' privacy to be violated, their voices & even their livelihoods diminished, and their elections interfered with." 4/ pic.twitter.com/gkjCXcByeT

— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) February 2, 2021

       

.@GovRonDeSantis Calling Out Journalists Defending Big Tech & The Censorship Of Hunter Biden Story: “You're trying to tell me if there was hacked information that could damage me, you wouldn't print it? Give me a break. You can whiz on my leg, but don’t tell me it’s raining." 5/ pic.twitter.com/6psMF0UJ0e

— The Columbia Bugle (@ColumbiaBugle) February 2, 2021