2025S 868

Destroying Internet Privacy

2025 - Florida Senate

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill requires social media platforms to provide a mechanism to decrypt end-to-end encryption at the request of law enforcement. The law would apply the term “social media platform” to include secure messaging apps such as Signal, which is a vital tool for political dissidents across the world. CPAC opposes government efforts to create a surveillance state and opposed this bill. The bill was presented as a way to protect children from interacting with nefarious individuals on social media. While CPAC recognizes this as a noble goal, it believes that if a social media tool is so dangerous to children, then the solution is to prohibit children from using it, not to destroy the tool so that no one can use it. CPAC believes that parents are the first line of defense for protecting children, and the government should help parents by passing laws to prevent children from accessing pornography. Laws which place age limits on pornography might also need to be applied to some social media apps which by their nature facilitate interaction between children and adults. The Senate passed the bill on April 24, 2025 by a vote of 34 - 3 but the bill did not come up for a vote in the House.

34

Voted Yes

3

Voted No

3

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 40

LegislatorVote
Ben Albritton

FL

Leftist
Kristen Arrington

FL

Leftist
Bryan Avila

FL

Leftist
Lori Berman

FL

Leftist
Mackenson Bernard

FL

Leftist
Jim Boyd

FL

Leftist
Jennifer Bradley

FL

Leftist
Jason Brodeur

FL

Leftist
Danny Burgess

FL

Leftist
Colleen Burton

FL

Leftist
Alexis Calatayud

FL

Leftist
Jay Collins

FL

Did Not Vote
Tracie Davis

FL

Leftist
Nick DiCeglie

FL

Leftist
Randy Fine

FL

Did Not Vote
Don Gaetz

FL

Leftist
Ileana Garcia

FL

Leftist
Erin Grall

FL

Leftist
Joe Gruters

FL

Leftist
Gayle Harrell

FL

Leftist
Ed Hooper

FL

Leftist
Blaise Ingoglia

FL

Leftist
Shevrin Jones

FL

Conservative
Thomas Leek

FL

Leftist
Jonathan Martin

FL

Leftist
Stan McClain

FL

Leftist
Rosalind Osgood

FL

Leftist
Kathleen Passidomo

FL

Leftist
Jason Pizzo

FL

Leftist
Tina Polsky

FL

Conservative
Ana Rodriguez

FL

Leftist
Darryl Rouson

FL

Leftist
Barbara Sharief

FL

Leftist
Corey Simon

FL

Leftist
Carlos Smith

FL

Conservative
Geraldine F. "Geri" Thompson

FL

Did Not Vote
Keith Truenow

FL

Leftist
Jay Trumbull

FL

Leftist
Tom Wright

FL

Leftist
Clay Yarborough

FL

Leftist

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