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> The legislation includes a clause that exempts a company "that owns and operates a theme park or entertainment complex". Amazing.

SamBam 5y ago
Guess we'll be seeing a tiny two-bit "Facebookville" opening up sometime soon...
- edoceo 5y ago
  With blackjack and hookers!
- Alex3917 5y ago
  > Guess we'll be seeing a tiny two-bit "Facebookville" opening up sometime soon... More likely an in-person VR space.
  - seanp2k2 5y ago
    Can’t wait to play VR FarmVille! Maybe Zynga will make a comeback.
- mcphage 5y ago
  There was a small amusement park near where I live that was open for many years, and finally closed for good around 2 years ago. I'd be okay with Facebook re-opening that one.
ethbr0 5y ago
Someone's angling for a presidential run in 2024, or seats in 2022. Vague bills that are sure to be challenged in court are pretty standard partisan fare. They're essentially win-win. If you pass it, and it's upheld, you get to trumpet your victory. If you pass it, and it gets struck down by the courts, you get to rally your base with how the courts are thwarting your agenda. Bonus points if it's on an ephemeral enough topic that it would be impossible for it to "fail" post-implementation.
koheripbal 5y ago
Nice Disney carve-out. I bet there was a specific phone call about he received to insert that provision. On a slightly-related note: I do feel that the rules for platform moderation should be different between platforms that are geared towards children vs adults. I wonder if the future holds an internet that's heavily segregated between the two groups? Maybe everyone will auto-graduate from kidFacebook to adultFacebook when they turn 18?
- usefulcat 5y ago
  > I bet there was a specific phone call about he received to insert that provision. I really don't think that would have been necessary.
  - throwaway0a5e 5y ago
    Exactly. From politicians down to the lowest bureaucrats few in government are so stupid as to need to be told who wants what. And those that are don't tend to last long.
qzw 5y ago
Disney makes its own gravity in Florida. Ever wonder why Orlando, unlike most cities its size, has next to no strip clubs and doesn't even have a zoo? Because the Mouse doesn't want them in his backyard.
- michaelcampbell 5y ago
  I lived in Orlando for 14 years, well within Disney's time-sphere of influence. While I lived there, it had strip clubs. A fair number of them. One of the reasons they shut down was a massive roadwork project on South Orange Blossom Trail where a lot of them were. Many, many businesses shuttered due to the road work median limiting left turns, and the widening reducing available parking to next to nothing.
  - qzw 5y ago
    > Many, many businesses shuttered due to the road work median limiting left turns, and the widening reducing available parking to next to nothing. Quite true. Yet, as you would expect, today's Orlando doesn't lack for restaurants, bars, gas stations, night clubs, etc. But one business category conspicuously failed to make a return.
    - michaelcampbell 5y ago
      That could also be, and there's not one shred of evidence that historically conservative FL had any less to do with it than Disney.
  - seanp2k2 5y ago
    Nice strip clubs you’ve got there. It would be a shame if someone happened to start doing a bunch of road work that forced them to close. -°o°
emdowling 5y ago
As a FAANG employee, I'm excited about visiting our new theme park in Florida. Hopefully it'll be open in time for our next planning offsite.
devoutsalsa 5y ago
Facebook: "Yes we can ban you, Mr. President. We have a foosball table in the break room."
- big_hacker_nuts 5y ago
  Yes, we get it..
gizmo686 5y ago
I skimmed through the linked text (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/Amendment/942955/PDF https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/Amendment/94...), but cannot find the exemption.
- margalabargala 5y ago
  I did the same, similarly found nothing.
- nyc640 5y ago
  That looks like an amendment to the Bill and not the original Bill. It looks like the original Bill is here: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/er/PDF https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/er/... And the wording is on page 17: "The term does not include any information service, system, Internet search engine, or access software provider operated by a company that owns and operates a theme park or entertainment complex"

SamBam 5y ago

Guess we'll be seeing a tiny two-bit "Facebookville" opening up sometime soon...

edoceo 5y ago
With blackjack and hookers!
Alex3917 5y ago
> Guess we'll be seeing a tiny two-bit "Facebookville" opening up sometime soon... More likely an in-person VR space.
- seanp2k2 5y ago
  Can’t wait to play VR FarmVille! Maybe Zynga will make a comeback.
mcphage 5y ago
There was a small amusement park near where I live that was open for many years, and finally closed for good around 2 years ago. I'd be okay with Facebook re-opening that one.

ethbr0 5y ago

Someone's angling for a presidential run in 2024, or seats in 2022. Vague bills that are sure to be challenged in court are pretty standard partisan fare. They're essentially win-win. If you pass it, and it's upheld, you get to trumpet your victory. If you pass it, and it gets struck down by the courts, you get to rally your base with how the courts are thwarting your agenda. Bonus points if it's on an ephemeral enough topic that it would be impossible for it to "fail" post-implementation.

koheripbal 5y ago

Nice Disney carve-out. I bet there was a specific phone call about he received to insert that provision. On a slightly-related note: I do feel that the rules for platform moderation should be different between platforms that are geared towards children vs adults. I wonder if the future holds an internet that's heavily segregated between the two groups? Maybe everyone will auto-graduate from kidFacebook to adultFacebook when they turn 18?

usefulcat 5y ago
> I bet there was a specific phone call about he received to insert that provision. I really don't think that would have been necessary.
- throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  Exactly. From politicians down to the lowest bureaucrats few in government are so stupid as to need to be told who wants what. And those that are don't tend to last long.

qzw 5y ago

Disney makes its own gravity in Florida. Ever wonder why Orlando, unlike most cities its size, has next to no strip clubs and doesn't even have a zoo? Because the Mouse doesn't want them in his backyard.

michaelcampbell 5y ago
I lived in Orlando for 14 years, well within Disney's time-sphere of influence. While I lived there, it had strip clubs. A fair number of them. One of the reasons they shut down was a massive roadwork project on South Orange Blossom Trail where a lot of them were. Many, many businesses shuttered due to the road work median limiting left turns, and the widening reducing available parking to next to nothing.
- qzw 5y ago
  > Many, many businesses shuttered due to the road work median limiting left turns, and the widening reducing available parking to next to nothing. Quite true. Yet, as you would expect, today's Orlando doesn't lack for restaurants, bars, gas stations, night clubs, etc. But one business category conspicuously failed to make a return.
  - michaelcampbell 5y ago
    That could also be, and there's not one shred of evidence that historically conservative FL had any less to do with it than Disney.
- seanp2k2 5y ago
  Nice strip clubs you’ve got there. It would be a shame if someone happened to start doing a bunch of road work that forced them to close. -°o°

emdowling 5y ago

As a FAANG employee, I'm excited about visiting our new theme park in Florida. Hopefully it'll be open in time for our next planning offsite.

devoutsalsa 5y ago

Facebook: "Yes we can ban you, Mr. President. We have a foosball table in the break room."

big_hacker_nuts 5y ago
Yes, we get it..

gizmo686 5y ago

I skimmed through the linked text (https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/Amendment/942955/PDF https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/Amendment/94...), but cannot find the exemption.

margalabargala 5y ago
I did the same, similarly found nothing.
nyc640 5y ago
That looks like an amendment to the Bill and not the original Bill. It looks like the original Bill is here: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/er/PDF https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/7072/BillText/er/... And the wording is on page 17: "The term does not include any information service, system, Internet search engine, or access software provider operated by a company that owns and operates a theme park or entertainment complex"