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United States of America: Passed Florida Digital Bill of Rights (SB 262) including content moderation regulation provisions

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Passed Florida Digital Bill of Rights (SB 262) including content moderation regulation provisions

On 28 April 2023, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights was passed by the Florida Senate. Under the Bill, a controller operating a search engine would need to provide, in clear and current plain language, the primary parameters used to rank search resu…

Scope

Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content, search service provider
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2023-02-15
under deliberation

On 15 February 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his proposal for a Florida Digital Bil…

2023-03-07
under deliberation

On 7 March 2023, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights, including provisions on content moderation, wa…

2023-04-28
under deliberation

On 28 April 2023, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights was passed by the Florida Senate. Under the Bi…

2023-05-04
adopted

On 4 May 2023, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights was adopted by the Florida Legislature. The Bill …

2023-06-06
adopted

On 6 June 2023, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights was signed by the Governor of Florida. The Bill …

2024-07-01
in force

On 1 July 2024, the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (SB 262) enters into force. The Bill imposes obl…