They're poised to regulate how national and international social media platforms operate in Arizona. Politicians would get special treatment.Senate Bill 1106 would prevent candidates for any public office from having their posting rights taken away — al...
PHOENIX — State lawmakers are poised to enact a measure designed to regulate how national and international social media platforms operate in Arizona.Senate Bill 1106 would put into state law that once people become candidates for any public office, they cannot have their posting rights taken away — pretty much no matter what they say, truthful or otherwise. Only violations of the federal Communications Decency Act would result in loss of privileges.
The measure — already approved by the state Senate and awaiting only a final House vote — has gotten this far over the objection of NetChoice, which describes itself as a"right-of-center trade association'' for social medial platforms. "At what point does a business become, in effect, a monopoly subject to the attention of the state for additional regulation?'' Gress asked.
Bos countered there are a lot of ways beyond social media for candidates to reach constituents, including newsletters and town halls. "So we as a state, according to my bill, have the right to free speech as candidates,'' Rogers said."And if you're going to come into our state and do business on the internet with social media and you violate what these tenets in this legislation are, you're going to hear from us as a state.''
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