A Republican lawmaker in Florida has introduced a bill that would require bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis or state legislators to register with the state, and disclose who's paying them for their posts about certain elected officials.
A Republican state senator in Florida has introduced a bill that, if passed, would require bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis, his Cabinet or state legislators to register with the state., titled "Information Dissemination," would also require bloggers to disclose who's paying them for their posts about certain elected officials and how much.
It defines "elected state officer" as "the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, a Cabinet officer, or any member of the Legislature." The bill defines a blog as "a website or webpage that hosts any blogger and is frequently updated with opinion, commentary, or business content," but it says the "term does not include the website of a newspaper or other similar publication."
, which first reported on the bill: “Paid bloggers are lobbyists who write instead of talk. They both are professional electioneers. If lobbyists have to register and report, why shouldn’t paid bloggers?”
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