AB895,,22An Act to create 895.053 of the statutes; relating to: creating a civil cause of action against the owner or operator of a social media website that restricts religious or political speech.

This bill creates a civil cause of action against the owner or operator of a social media website that is available to the public and that has more than 150 million users, if the owner or operator of the website intentionally does any of the following:

1. Deletes or censors, or uses an algorithm to delete, censor, disfavor, or censure, the religious speech or political speech of a person that is a resident of this state, as defined in the bill, and that subscribes to or has an account with the social media website (a user). The bill defines “religious speech” as “speech relating to a set of unproven answers, truth claims, faith-based assumptions, and naked assertions that attempt to explain such greater questions as how the world was created, what constitutes right and wrong actions by individuals, and what happens after death.” The bill defines “political speech” as “speech relating to the state, government, body politic, or public administration as it relates to governmental policy or policy making,” including speech by the government or a candidate for office and any discussion of social issues.