copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-03): A Republican state senator in Florida has proposed a bill that would require paid bloggers who write about state legislators, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), or his Cabinet to register with a state agency. Here's what you need to know about S.B. 1316, Florida's "Information Dissemination" bill. [...] Introduced by state Sen. Jason Brodeur (R), the bill would require blog writers who are paid for online posts about an elected state official to register with the Florida Office of Legislative Services or the Commission on Ethics, "though the requirement would not extend to the websites of newspapers or similar sites," per The Hill. Such writers would also be required to disclose who is paying them for the posts and how much. If they fail to register, they could be fined $25 a day, with the penalty capped at $2,500 per post, NBC affiliate WFLA of Tampa reported.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-06): - If passed, S.B. 1316 would require all bloggers writing about DeSantis to register with the state. [...] A Florida lawmaker has introduced a bill that would require all bloggers who write about Gov. Ron DeSantis to register with the state or be fined. Organizations like the ACLU tell Insider that the proposed law violates the right to free speech. [...] S.B. 1316 was introduced in the Florida Senate on February 28 by GOP lawmaker Jason Brodeur. The proposed law would require any blogger who writes about DeSantis or other elected officials — and is paid for their work — to register with the state.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-04): Florida lawmakers continued their assault on the First Amendment this week with a bill requiring "bloggers" to register with the state if they planned on writing about the Florida governor, his administration officials or any state legislator. [...] While both pieces of legislation would undoubtedly spark instant legal challenges, the anti-blogger bill is especially vague. [...] "If a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post, the blogger must register with the appropriate office ... within five days," the bill states.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-03-06): TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in Florida wants bloggers who write about elected officials to register with the state, a proposal that’s raised First Amendment concerns and the ire of GOP firebrand Newt Gingrich. The bill, filed by Sen. Jason Brodeur of Lake Mary, would require bloggers to file periodic reports with the state if they are paid for posts about the state’s governor, lieutenant governor, cabinet members or legislative officials. [...] "The idea that bloggers criticizing a politician should register with the government is insane," Gingrich wrote on Twitter Sunday. "It is an embarrassment that it is a Republican state legislator in Florida who introduced a bill to that effect. He should withdraw it immediately."
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2024-10-07): NOW LAW: Florida SB 262 was signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 6, 2023 and takes effect July 1, 2024. The law will prohibit government employees or officers from using their positions or state resources for the purposes of social media content moderation. The law contains age-appropriate design code language. [...] Controllers would be defined as any sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation or association that meets specified requirements including making in excess of $1 billion in global revenue. The bill does not contain a private right of action. A similar bill, SB 262, sponsored by Sen. Jennifer Bradley, R-Fleming Island, has been scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee on March 13 at 3:30 PM. Similarly, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis recently unveiled a proposed digital bill of rights. A press release about the proposal can be found here with specific details of the proposal being found here. [...] The bill establishes new requirements for online fundraising by third parties. However, the legislation is NOT applicable to a charity’s own website and online fundraising. Entities defined in the legislation as a "fundraising platform" or "platform charity" would be required to register with the AG and to submit annual reports. The legislation requires a number of compelled disclosures designed to give prospective donors adequate information (such as fees to be deducted from the intended gift, how long it may take for the beneficiary nonprofit to receive its gift, etc.).
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2024-05-15): In 2023, the presidential campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis circulated images purporting to show former President Donald Trump hugging former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci. And during this year’s New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary, a robocall went around to voters that sounded exactly like President Joe Biden telling voters to stay home.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-10-25): Florida's recent immigration law, SB 1718, has been a center of controversy, raising concerns about its impact on the state's undocumented population. Gov. Ron DeSantis deemed it the strongest measure in the country and purported to crack down on illegal immigration. However, recent events have called into question the law's effectiveness and implications for those it targets.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2022-04-27): Gov. DeSantis, Florida legislature, Disney & the First Amendment - Robert Corn-Revere, ‘Punishing Disney for opposing Florida’s "Don’t Say Gay" law poses serious First Amendment problems’ (reposted on First Amendment Watch) [...] With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ enactment of House Bill 7 into law today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is calling on administrators at Florida’s public universities and colleges to stand up for the First Amendment rights of their students and faculty. [...] The bill, passed by the state legislature on March 10, specifically targets discussion in both K-12 and higher education that "espouses," "promotes," or "advances" prohibited concepts. The bill, formally titled"Individual Freedom," is described by Gov. DeSantis as targeting "critical race theory" and preventing students — including those at universities and colleges — from having to "engage with discriminatory content" or "rhetoric." The Florida House of Representatives staff’s analysis of HB 7 explains that it prohibits "instruction" or any "required activity that espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels" someone to "believe" prohibited concepts. That stretches far beyond a constitutional prohibition on compelled speech.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2022-08-01): What’s happening in Wisconsin is part of a national Republican strategy to take control of election administration and to make it harder to vote. The effort is particularly pronounced in swing states. Last year, Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp, signed a law that restricted drop boxes and absentee ballots and made it illegal to pass out water to people standing in line to vote. This spring, Arizona’s governor, Doug Ducey, signed a law requiring voters to provide proof of citizenship, and, in Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis created a special law-enforcement unit devoted to policing voter fraud, and appointed a secretary of state who has refused to acknowledge that Biden won the Presidency.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-01-05): One thing you can say about DeSantis is that he made Florida free for supporters of QAnon to serve in state government. QAnon is a sprawling set of false claims that have coalesced into an extremist ideology that has radicalized its followers, who say a cabal of powerful pedophiles, including prominent Democrats, run the government.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2024-07-09): In Kansas, a legislator’s inquiry about whether critical race theory was being taught at state universities resulted in the state’s Board of Regents informally surveying six state schools, putting them on notice that legislators may be evaluating their curricula.172Andrew Bahl, "The debate over critical race theory has cropped up in Kansas. Here’s what you need to know." Topeka Capital-Journal, June 8, 2021, cjonline.com/story/news/education/2021/06/08/what-is-critical-race-theory-meaning-crt-debate-kansas/7544853002/ In Florida, a new law requires annual surveys to assess "intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity" in the state system so that it can determine "the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented" and whether students, professors, and staffers "feel free to express their beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom."173Eliza Relman, "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a law punishing student ‘indoctrination’ at public universities and threatens budget cuts," Business Insider, June 23, 2021, businessinsider.com/desantis-signs-law-to-punish-student-indoctrination-at-florida-universities-2021-6 Note: PEN America did not include this law in our count of education gag orders because it does not incorporate "divisive concepts" or specific prohibitions. While on its face such a provision may seem innocuous—or even protective of open debate—the context makes plain that the measure is intended to lay the groundwork to threaten and punish educators. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made clear that he would be paying attention to the survey results, saying that colleges that were "hotbeds for stale ideology" were "not worth tax dollars, and that’s not something that we’re going to be supporting going forward."174Id.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2024-01-25): Charging that accrediting agencies have an "inordinate amount of power," Governor DeSantis signed a bill, SB 7044, on April 19, 2022, that requires public colleges and universities in the state to change accreditors at the end of each accreditation cycle, a process that can take as long as ten years.54 (The same legislation also mandated a post-tenure review process for professors, discussed below.) "The role that these accreditation agencies play, I don’t even know where they come from," DeSantis charged. "I mean, they . . . are effectively self-anointed. They have an inordinate amount of power to shape what is going on at these universities."55 [...] 93. Ron DeSantis, 46th Governor of Florida, "Governor Ron DeSantis Hosts Roundtable Exposing the Diversity Equity and Inclusion Scam in Higher Education," March 13, 2023, https://www.flgov.com/2023/03/13/governor-ron-desantis-hosts-roundtable-exposing-the-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-scam-in-higher-education/
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2024-01-10): Digital activism and civil society advocacy drove real-world improvements for human rights during the coverage period. Online mobilization helped fuel the Georgian people’s movement against a dangerous bill that would have forced civil society groups to register as "foreign agents" if they received more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad. The bill was widely criticized for its similarities to a Russian law. Technology experts in Taiwan notched a victory for transparency after their investigations prompted authorities to admit that police had sidestepped a requirement to seek judicial oversight for website blocks.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2022-01-20): Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has endorsed the bill, which includes several provisions outlined in his Stop W.O.K.E. Act, a purported ban on critical race theory that was introduced last month. (For the record, critical race theory is a college-level area of study and isn't taught in K-12 public schools.) [...] It seems DeSantis and Florida’s GOP-led Legislature are operating with a similar fear. They see the facade of white supremacy — weak as it is — crumbling under the weight of high school lesson plans and workplace trainings. And bills like SB 148 are sad attempts to piece that facade back together.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2023-08-12): The proposed ESG Act forms part of the evolving landscape of political resistance to climate change legislation and initiatives. We have observed that, prior to President Biden’s veto, Republican governors of 19 states announced an alliance led by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to push back against the Biden Administration’s purported ESG "agenda." In addition to initiatives seeking to resist legislation and regulation, the last year has seen anti-ESG groups challenge financial institutions and their investment strategies. Recent examples include the Consumers’ Research’s campaign against Bank of America, a letter from several Republican Attorneys General to over 50 U.S. asset managers suggesting that ESG investment practices violated federal and state antitrust and consumer protection laws, and efforts by Republican-led state legislatures to impose penalties on financial institutions deemed insufficiently supportive of the energy industry.
Claim: purports Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is enacting a bill that would require bloggers to register with the state (Post, 2023-03-09)
Evidence (2024-04-29): Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that his administration will likely "be doing something" shortly in response to the request from supervisors of elections to allow changes to accommodate voters post Hurricane Helene, with just under five weeks before Election Day.
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2023-03-24): The caption is inaccurate. The video does not feature such comments.
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2024-09-18): WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI has disrupted a group of hackers working at the direction of the Chinese government who targeted universities, government agencies and other organizations, Director Chris Wray said Wednesday. [...] "This was another successful disruption, but make no mistake — it’s just one round in a much longer fight," Wray said. "The Chinese government is going to continue to target your organizations and our critical infrastructure, either by their own hand or concealed through their proxies, and we’ll continue to work with our partners to identify their malicious activity, disrupt their hacking campaigns, and bring them to light." [...] The disruption was revealed nine months after Wray disclosed to Congress a separate takedown of a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group known as Volt Typhoon, in which U.S.-based small office and home routers owned by private citizens and companies were hijacked by hackers to cover their tracks as they sowed the malware. Their ultimate targets included water treatment plants, the electrical grid and transportation systems across the U.S.
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2024-01-03): Full interview: FBI Director Wray discusses efforts to halt China’s economic and political spying 15:14 In an exclusive NBC News interview, FBI Director Chris Wray tells Pete Williams that Chinese spying in the U.S. has become so widespread that his agency is opening an average of two investigations a day, estimating a total of some 2,000 investigations. Feb. 1, 2022
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2021-03-02): Josh Hawley Questions FBI Director Chris Wray on Geolocation Data to Track Capitol Rioters Transcript Sen. Josh Hawley questioned FBI Director Chris Wray on the use of geolocation data to track the rioters at the US Capitol on January 6. Read the transcript of their remarks during the congressional hearing on March 2, 2021. [...] Mr. Chairman, Director Ray, thanks for being here. Can I just go back to a series of questions that Senator Lee asked you. He asked you about the geolocation and metadata aspects and gathering related to the gathering of metadata that is related to your investigation into the January 6th riot. You said you weren’t familiar with the specifics. Can I just clarify your responses to him? So, when you say you’re not familiar, are you saying that you don’t know whether or not the Bureau has scooped up geolocation data metadata from cell phone records for cell phone towers? Or, do you not know, or are you saying that the Bureau maybe, or maybe hasn’t done it? Just tell me what you know about this.
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2024-10-01): In a letter reviewed exclusively by Newsweek, sent last week to Attorney General Merrick Garland and to the head of the FBI Christopher Wray and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the 13 lawmakers warned of "systemic influence operations from our principal geopolitical adversary"—China—and said the U.S. government was not responding adequately to the challenge. [...] In April, FBI Director Wray said that risks posed by the Chinese government to U.S. national and economic security were "upon us now." [...] In their letter, the U.S. lawmakers demanded a classified briefing from Garland, Wray and Blinken to answer questions including the "current counterintelligence understanding" of operations run by China's State Security Ministry and the CCP's United Front Work Department in the United States.
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2022-02-02): Chinese spying in the U.S. has become so widespread that the FBI is launching an average of two counterintelligence investigations a day to counter the onslaught, FBI Director Christopher Wray said in an interview. Wray has become the U.S. government’s most outspoken critic of the Chinese government’s spying. In an exclusive NBC News interview, he said the sheer scale of Chinese efforts to steal U.S. technology shocked him when he became FBI director in 2017. [...] Wray said the FBI is opening a new China related counter-intelligence investigation on average every 12 hours, with over 2,000 such cases currently underway.
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2024-09-18): "This was another successful disruption, but make no mistake, it’s just one round in a much longer fight," FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said Wednesday at the Aspen Cyber Summit in Washington. "The Chinese government is going to continue to target your organizations and our critical infrastructure either by their own hand or concealed through their proxies." [...] Wray also confirmed that Volt Typhoon had breached U.S. telecom companies, as The Washington Post reported last month.
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2024-01-31): FBI Director Christopher Wray on Wednesday warned that Chinese hackers are preparing to "wreak havoc and cause real-world harm" to the US. [...] Chinese government-backed hackers, Wray said, are targeting things like water treatment plants, electrical infrastructure and oil and natural gas pipelines. [...] Wray said Wednesday that China’s efforts extend beyond technology, warning that "they target our freedoms, reaching inside our borders, across America, to silence, coerce, and threaten our citizens and residents."
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2021-03-02): The Senate hearing with FBI Director Chris Wray just began in the chamber’s Judiciary Committee. [...] Today’s Senate hearing with FBI Director Christopher Wray follows another round of hearings that took place on Capitol Hill last week with former and current law enforcement officials about the security failures surrounding Jan. 6. [...] FBI director Christopher Wray is expected to be grilled today in the Senate on the Capitol riot, and possible follow-up attacks.
Claim: Sen. Josh Hawley shares proof of Chinese spying in hearing with FBI director Christopher Wray (Viral video, 2023-03-24)
Evidence (2024-01-31): FBI Director Christopher Wray warned about the growing threat of Chinese cyberattacks against U.S. electrical grids and other infrastructure in an appearance Wednesday morning before the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. "China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities, if or when China decides the time has come to strike," said excerpts of Wray's prepared testimony released by the FBI. [...] Wray’s remarks add to a series of stark warnings he has issued about the Chinese government’s hacking capabilities. In an interview with NBC News in 2022, Wray said that he was shocked to learn the scale of Chinese efforts to steal U.S. technology when he became FBI director in 2017 and that the FBI had launched an average of two counterintelligence investigations a day to counter those threats.