Florida House panel approves defamation changes Tuesday
A House panel on Tuesday approved a controversial proposal that would make it easier for people to sue news organizations for defamation.
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A House panel on Tuesday approved a controversial proposal that would make it easier for people to sue news organizations for defamation.
First Amendment advocates urged state lawmakers to abandon rewriting Florida’s defamation laws but failed to win them over.
The measure limits the “actual malice” standard that for decades has protected journalists writing about powerful government officials.
Advocates for open government are ringing alarms about plans by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration that could make it harder to learn what public officials are doing and to speak out against them.