Ivan is a Big Tech and India specialist. He also covers security and platforms for TNW. It's a lot of stuff. He loves to say "Bleh." Ivan is a journalist covering Big Tech, India and policy. He also covers security, platforms, and apps to TNW. It's a lot of stuff. He loves to say "Bleh."Florida politicians were ecstatic when they saw a law that penalized social media companies for banning political candidates. Now, however, a federal judge has stopped it.According to NBC News Judge Robert Hinkle stopped the law from coming into effect just before it was due to. He claimed that the law would infringe on the freedom of speech rights of social media platforms.Hinkle's favorite line was from the ruling: "This is an instance where you burn the house to roast the pig." Hinkle stated that the proposed law was based on viewpoints, which indicates it was designed to counter the perceived liberal biases of tech platforms.This controversial law bans permanent de-platforming, and limits suspensions to 14 days. It also included fines of up to $250,00 per day for social media companies.In January 2017, then-US President Donald Trump was removed from Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. After the January Capitol riots, Trump was banned from these social media platforms for violating community rules. To show solidarity with Trump's actions, Florida passed the deplatforming law in April. It was good that Hinkle intervened quickly.
