Social media companies have been engaging in election interference.
We found this out first hand in Arizona last year, when Mark Finchem, the GOP nominee for Secretary of State here, got banned by Twitter just days before the election.
THAT is blatant election interference, and Silicon Valley has been doing it for a while now.
Well, no more!
This is Senator Wendy Rogers, Chairman of the Elections Committee of the Arizona Senate. I am fighting the abuses by Big Tech. Are you with me?
Center Square has the story:
Social media platforms that choose to suspend or ban candidates for office would face tens of thousands – or hundreds of thousands – of dollars a day in fines under legislation working its way through the Legislature.
The House Commerce Committee on Tuesday approved Senate Bill 1106 along party lines. The bill defines how a social media suspends, bans or reduces the exposure of an account. This is also referred to as “shadowbanning.”
Under the bill, the Arizona Secretary of State may fine a social media platform $25,000 a day for hindering the speech of a candidate for office. The penalty increases to $250,000 a day if the issue concerns a candidate for statewide office.
“This legislation seeks to reinforce the First Amendment, especially for political speech,” said Sen. Wendy Rogers, R-Flagstaff, of her bill. “Which I have personal experience in telling you it is a higher bar than regular speech.”
The legislation also provides similar protections for accounts identifying as journalists.
My bill passed both houses now. Why do I mention this?
Because this is all about TRUST. We need trust in our elections. We need to know that dishonest corporate actors won't throw the elections.
And for YOUR part, you need to know that there is someone who does what they promise they will do, who is ACTUALLY fighting for election integrity and who you can trust.
I hope you can see that you can trust me to have your six, to fight for our country.
I am fighting to restore the public's faith in the conduct of elections- free from corporate interference, free from corruption and fraud, free from unreasonable error and delay.
I am also running for re-election, against the full force of the Left and their controlled media.
If you're wondering what that looks like? Last time, they spent MILLIONS to defeat me. But unlike them, I don't have big lobbyists to go get checks from every two years.
PAID FOR BY WENDY ROGERS FOR AZ SENATE
Wendy Rogers is a retired member of the Air Force. Use of military rank, job titles, and photographs in uniform does not imply endorsement by the Department of the Air Force or the Department of Defense.
