Greg PakMar 2, 2023
Not to be an alarmist, but this is terrifying. https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-bill-would-require-bloggers-who-write-about-governor-to-register-with-the-state/
Florida bill would require bloggers who write about governor to register with the state

Florida Sen. Jason Brodeur (R-Lake Mary) wants bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, Attorney General Ashley Moody, and other members of the Florida executive cabinet or legislature to register with the state or face fines.

WFLA
Show threadGreg PakMar 2, 2023
In years past, folks would sometimes chide people for posting about terrifying authoritarian bills proposed in various state legislatures because they had no real support and would never pass. But circumstances have changed. I take all of this seriously now.
Show threadGreg PakMar 2, 2023

I'm also preemptively not convinced by takes that this is transparently unconstitutional. Sure! But look who's in the Supreme Court. And even if it were eventually overthrown, the law, if enacted, would have been used to destroy many lives.

If you live in Florida, please call your state reps and tell them to kill this bill.

Show threadWilliam Ray
@gregpak
Free speech was always built upon a delicate web of unsupportable supposition. For a court unbound by stare decisis, it's easy enough to point back to the fact that several framers of the First Amendment turned around and later voted in the Sedition Act, jailing anyone who published criticism of the President or his party.
Mar 3, 2023 at 2:06amWeb