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CT HB6410 Expected To Go Before House And Senate This Week; If Passed, It Could Stifle Free Speech Online In Connecticut

By CT Centinal Staff

Connecticut House Bill 6410, An Act Establishing A Working Group Concerning Safe Online Practices, is expected to go before the House and Senate this week, possibly as early as May 3, 2023.

The purpose of the bill is “to establish a working group to study the issue of online harassment of individuals and make recommendations concerning necessary changes in state law to penalize online harassment of individuals and guidelines for reporting online harassment of municipal and state-elected officials.”

Free speech proponents are opposed to the bill since it limits social media comments, including criticism of elected and other public officials.

This means that, with a supermajority in Hartford, Democrats would have the ability to redefine what speech might be considered defamatory and/or harassment.

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