North Dakota's state legislature has introduced a law that would allow citizens to pursue civil action against social media sites for censoring speech:
3. A person whose writing, speech, or publication is restricted, censored, or suppressed under this section, or a person that reasonably otherwise would have received the writing, speech, or publication, is entitled to civil damages including treble damages for compensatory, consequential, and incidental damages. The court also may award punitive damages.
4. An action for civil damages under this section may be brought in the district court in the county where the person being infringed, censored, or suppressed, or the person who reasonably would have otherwise received the writing, speech, or publication, resides. 5. The district court shall award attorney's fees to a prevailing plaintiff.
Other states could follow their lead, and this will help mitigate the tyrannical rule of the techno overloads.
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