Committee approves defamation bill requiring publishers to remove or correct false material on their websites
CS for SB 752 passed after a contested hearing. Sponsor said the measure narrows existing privileges by requiring news publishers to remove or correct material from their own websites when they learn it is false; press groups warned of vagueness and First Amendment risks.
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TALLAHASSEE — The Judiciary Committee reported CS for Senate Bill 752 favorably after hours of testimony and questions about how the bill would affect publishers and online speech.
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