FARRIS: Florida’s GOP-Backed Defamation Bill Would Backfire On The Little Guy

Daily Caller

By Michael Farris

February 19, 2024

Conservatives have a legitimate concern about media bias — especially as administered by the social media giants. Suppression of conservative voices is well-documented and has even been instigated by the Biden White House and other agencies of this administration.

But conservatives should be the last ones to curtail freedom of speech and or create broad new government powers that tread upon freedom of speech and the press.

Unfortunately, some well-intentioned Florida Republicans are pushing a measure through the state legislature that would dangerously infringe on First Amendment freedoms with features that will be used to badger conservative voices into silence.

The first thing that must be said about HB 757 and SB 1780 is that anyone who thinks that this legislation will effectively favor conservatives in their clash with establishment media is going to be deeply disappointed.


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