Tidbits by Scotty: Pt 5 1st Amernment Blog Series Florida Blog Bill

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Pt 5 1st Amernment Blog Series Florida Blog Bill

The Following Florida Proposed blogger bill was supplied by fellow Tumblr Bloger: @dontmeantobepoliticalbut

Part 1: First Amendment Censoship Blog Series pt 1
Part 2: pt 2 1st Amedment Blog Series

Tweet Thread 1: Pt 1 Tweet Thread 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech Censorship https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1630630236982214657
Tweet Thread 2: pt 2 1st Amedment Blog Series

Pt3 in the 1st Amendment Blog Series WHAT A TWEET "SHIT" STORM IT WAS. IT HAD ALL THE MAKINGS OF A SOAP OPERA MADE FOR TELIEVISION:
Pt4 in the 1st Amendment Blog Series
Pt 5 1st Amernment Blog Series Florida Blog Bill
Pt 6 Censorship TIE STRENGTH Bank Run
Tweet Thread its all about the #bankingcrash who caused it and why, needless to say it was yet another failed attempt by the remaining #blacksun minions > https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1635422418922795008?refresh=1678771778

https://www.tumblr.com/dontmeantobepoliticalbut/710731636956905472/florida-bill-would-require-bloggers-who-write

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. Brodeur’s proposal, Senate Bill 1316: Information Dissemination, would require any blogger writing about government officials to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics.

In the bill, Brodeur wrote that those who write “an article, a story, or a series of stories,” about “the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature,” and receives or will receive payment for doing so, must register with state offices within five days after the publication of an article that mentions an elected state official.

If another blog post is added to a blog, the blogger would then be required to submit monthly reports on the 10th of each month with the appropriate state office. They would not have to submit a report on months when no content is published.

For blog posts that “concern an elected member of the legislature” or “an officer of the executive branch,” monthly reports must disclose the amount of compensation received for the coverage, rounded to the nearest $10 value. If compensation is paid for a series of posts or for a specific amount of time, the blogger would be required to disclose the total amount to be received, upon publication of the first post in said series or timeframe. Additional compensation must be disclosed later on.

Failure to file these disclosures or register with state officials, if the bill passes, would lead to daily fines for the bloggers, with a maximum amount per report, not per writer, of $2,500. The per-day fine is $25 per report for each day it’s late.

The bill also requires that bloggers file notices of failure to file a timely report the same way that lobbyists file their disclosures and reports on assessed fines. Fines must be paid within 30 days of payment notice, unless an appeal is filed with the appropriate office. Fine payments must be deposited into the Legislative Lobbyist Registration Trust Fund if it concerns an elected member of the legislature.

For writing about members of the executive branch, fines would be made payable to the Executive Branch Lobby Registration Trust Fund or, if it concerns both groups, the fine may be paid to both related trust funds in equal amounts.

Explicitly, the blogger rule would not apply to newspapers or similar publications, under Brodeur’s proposed legislation.

In additional to the blogger regulations, the bill also removes provisions of state statutes to require judicial notices of sales to be published on publicly accessible websites, and specifies that a government agency can publish legally required advertisements and public notices on county sites if the cost is not paid by or recovered from an individual.

Should the bill pass, it would take effect immediately upon approval.

I didn't expect a Republican to propose the #Florida #Blogger bill. Whats really going on behind the scenes? Did some #BlogWriter catch him with his hands in the cookie jar? pic.twitter.com/lu8aDEtWgR— systembuster (@stlsystembuster) March 6, 2023

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this tweet and other #firstamendment #freedomofspeech rights are on my other blog.

Tell me you are a commie without telling me you are a commie. #ministryoftruth #wearebeingPUNKED #Iwantoffthiscommieride pic.twitter.com/n4GIzyWwQ5
— Chaos Coordinator (@idontexistTore) March 3, 2023

Just in case you think DEMOCRATS are commies and that FLORIDA is RED - COMMIE RED? A republican did this. That's what Stalin did - this is how they hunt you down and arrest you when you say critical things - or suddenly you are evicted, banks closed - well you get it right? https://t.co/u3h8w9v5Kr
— Chaos Coordinator (@idontexistTore) March 3, 2023

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