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TALLAHASSEE – Gov. Ron DeSantis distanced himself this week from a carve-out for entertainment giant Disney in his crackdown on social-media companies that block users from their platforms.
Lawmakers stuck a provision into the bill aimed at keeping the Disney+ streaming service from getting “caught up” in the measure (SB 7072), which is aimed at tech giants such as Facebook and Twitter.
“I think there were concerns about things that I didn t quite think that bill was even going to impact,” DeSantis told reporters Tuesday.
“At the end of the day, that s just how this process works sometimes,” DeSantis continued. “But no, that s not what we want to see. We want to see it apply to the people that are offending right now. And we want to be able to give people the ability to defend their rights if they get censored.”
Florida s inquiry clears Bloomberg over felons voting case
By Bobby Caina Calvan article
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida authorities on Wednesday closed a criminal investigation into fund-raising efforts by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to pay off the outstanding fines of thousands of the state’s felons seeking to reclaim their voting rights, finding no violations of election law. After a review of the data, no donations from Bloomberg were identified nor were any violations of Florida election laws found, said a two-page summary released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Bloomberg last year earmarked $100 million in Florida to help defeat then-President Donald Trump. In addition, investigators said, the billionaire Democrat and former presidential candidate raised more than $16 million to help pay off the legal debts of felons so they could vote in the election.