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The American Data Privacy and Protections Act is being considered in Congress.  Florida Action Committee wants to make sure that our members are aware of what it entails. This bill would allow individuals (no excluded groups) to force companies to delete information about them. As stated by Kevin Metcalf, opinion contributor for The Hill – 03/02/23, “The reality is that

The Illinois Supreme Court ruled this week that it is unconstitutional to ban people on the sex offense registry from social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.  The argument was that the ban was a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment – fundamental right to free speech.  (The State Journal-Register) Fortunately, the Illinois Supreme Court realized

According to The Associated Press, 2023, “Restoring the voting rights of former felons drew national attention after Florida lawmakers weakened a voter-approved constitutional amendment and after a new election police unit championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis arrested 20 former felons.  Several of them said they were confused by the arrests because they had been allowed to register to vote.”

Minnesota is now the 25th state to restore voting rights to all people with a past felony who have completed their term of incarceration.  The dominoes keep falling.  Florida will eventually be forced to follow suit or be even more of a social outcast from other states than it is now. Peter Charalambous with ABC News reported that “the passage