Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Launches Ambitious Crackdown on Big Tech

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced a major push to curb Big Tech’s political bias and censorship today, with measures including a ban on the censorship of political candidates and mandatory opt-outs of content filters for citizens of the Sunshine State.

In a 45-minute speech, the governor identified Big Tech companies as the leading threat to American democracy and freedom of expression today, and pledged that Florida Republicans would take action.

The new regulations announced by DeSantis include:

• Mandatory opt-outs from big tech’s content filters, a solution to tech censorship first proposed by Breitbart News in 2018.

• A private right of action for Floridian citizens against tech companies that violate this condition.

• Fines of $100,000 per day levied on tech companies that suspend candidates for elected office in Florida from their platforms.

• Daily fines for any tech 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.”

• Greater transparency requirements.

• Disclosure requirements enforced by Florida’s election authorities for tech companies that favor one candidate over another.

• Power for the Florida attorney general to bring cases against tech companies that violate these conditions under the state’s Unfair and Deceptive Practices Act.

This is the widest and most aggressive range of regulatory and legislative solutions so far proposed by any U.S. state to tackle the problem of tech censorship.

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/02/02/florida-gov-ron-desantis-launches-ambitious-crackdown-on-big-tech

Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary

By HOPE YENAssociated PressThe Associated PressWASHINGTON

WASHINGTON (AP)

The Senate has approved Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, which makes him the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet post

Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary

Pete Buttigieg won Senate approval Tuesday as transportation secretary, the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet post. He’ll be tasked with advancing President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and fighting climate change.

Buttigieg, a 39-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Biden’s one-time rival during the Democratic presidential primaries, was approved on a 86-13 vote. “I’m honored and humbled by today’s vote in the Senate—and ready to get to work,” Buttigieg tweeted shortly after he was confirmed.

Praised by Biden as bringing a “new voice” to the administration, Buttigieg takes over a Transportation Department with 55,000 employees and a budget of tens of billions dollars. He has pledged to quickly get to work promoting safety and restoring consumer trust in America’s transportation networks as airlines, buses, city subway systems and Amtrak reel from plummeting ridership in the coronavirus pandemic.

He is expected to play an important role in promoting Biden’s sweeping green initiatives, helping to oversee stronger

automotive fuel economy standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support the president’s push later this year on a $2 trillion climate and infrastructure plan. That plan will be focused on rebuilding roads and bridges and expanding zero-emission mass transit while boosting electric vehicle infrastructure, including building 500,000 charging stations over the next decade.

https://www.breitbart.com/news/senate-set-to-confirm-buttigieg-for-transportation-secretary

>>12804651

you have no idea how fkd up South Bend is. One nice main street (short) where nobody goes. The rest is a mess. Notre Dame–yah, so what. The town feels CREEPY.

The Storm

>>12805077

I read Newsmax in the late 60s Stopped before 70s. Was wondering when you folks that thought it was so great, would wake up

>>12805172

no, have high IQ read well above my age level, been smart the whole time.

>>12805183

nope, good reader…smart

>>12805325

Nah, he's taking McConnell's wife's old job.