SB223 Alabama 2021 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris Elliott Senator

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Will BarfootGarlan Gudger

Session

Regular Session 2021

Title

Elections, prohibit social media companies from restricting access to political candidates during elections, civil penalties, value of endorsement by social media companies required to be recorded as campaign contribution

Description

There is no prohibition in existing law against social media websites deactivating user accounts of candidates for political office during an election season.

This bill would prohibit social media websites from deactivating, restricting, cancelling, or otherwise discontinuing a candidate's access to or use of its resources during election season.

This bill would provide for the recovery of civil penalties for violations.

This bill would also require a candidate for political office to record, as a contribution to his or her campaign, the value of any endorsement or promotion of that candidate by a social media website.

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Subjects

Elections