New Florida law targets social media ‘pop-up’ events

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed a measure that seeks to crack down on unsanctioned “pop-up” occasions put collectively by social media. 

Lawmakers handed the invoice (HB 1435) in March, after incidents in locations comparable to Volusia County. As lawmakers thought of the invoice, Home sponsor Tom Leek, R-Ormond Seashore, described it as a approach to management occasions which have turn into “invasions,” shutting down coastal communities.

The invoice, which drew opposition from the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, will permit authorities to declare areas as “particular occasion zones” due to unpermitted occasions anticipated to draw 50 or extra folks and disrupt visitors. The zones may blanket whole cities. 

The invoice will double fines for non-criminal visitors infractions within the occasion zones and permit police to impound automobiles for as much as 72 hours for felony and non-criminal visitors violations. The measure additionally will permit native governments to impose extra stringent laws than what’s in state legislation about automobile radios or different sound-making gadgets.