Two Republican lawmakers have introduced plans they say will protect First Amendment rights on social media platforms.
State Representative Shae Sortwell and state Senator Roger Roth say social media companies could be sued for censoring online postings. The changes aren’t expected to ever become law in Wisconsin. One would let people sue if their posts are removed or if they have been “shadow-banned” from social media platforms like Facebook.
A second would give journalists more freedom to post and the third would create a penalty structure for any government officials who try to fight or remove online posts. Sortwell and Roth say their plans push back against big tech’s growing influence on free speech.
