In 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida Legislature crafted a wide-ranging law that would allow the state to punish social media companies for removing posts or refusing to publish posts from certain media companies or political figures, even if those posts violated the company’s rules on hate speech, violent incitements, or disinformation. DeSantis used Twitter and Facebook’s bans ...

Parents were quite thoroughly fed up with their children’s high school when the institution required permission slips for a Disney movie. In Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Florida, it seems that schools now mandate permission slips for teenagers to watch even the most socially acceptable, safe movies: Disney classics. Related: Frustrated Audiences Believe Even Artificial Intelligence Has “More Soul” Than Disney ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis preened at a press conference after a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit Disney had filed against him. Anyone who’s been following the battle between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company will know that recently, the Florida Governor saw a notable victory. On January 31, 2024, Federal Judge Allen Winsor dismissed the Walt Disney ...

It seems this saga is never going to end! Disney reportedly requested a second court delay for the DeSantis lawsuit. The legal battle between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and The Walt Disney Company has been stretching on for years now. From a back and forth about the “Don’t Say Gay” law (which Disney claimed was government retaliation), AKA the Parental ...

It appears Disney is slowly making its way back on top in the Sunshine State with a recent ruling in favor of disbanding the CFTOD and bringing back the original Reedy Creek Improvement District. The battle between the Walt Disney Company and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has died down, but in the quiet, it appears Disney might be coming out ...

UPDATE: An earlier version of this erroneously listed CS/SB 76: State Park Campsite Reservations as a law that would affect the Disney Campgrounds as well; however, since these are private campgrounds, the law will not affect them.  Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed some new laws into existence beginning January 1, 2024, that will affect Disney World guests. While going ...

This year will be the year of “what might’ve been” for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company. The Florida governor started the year with high hopes of being the Republican nominee for President of the United States. While the Walt Disney Co. believed they had a slate of films that would solidify the company as the best ...

It seems the battle between Disney and DeSantis’ CFTOD board is still rife with lawsuits and challenges per this recent development. The battle between the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board—i.e., the folks who represent Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—and the Walt Disney Company has become the stuff of legend. Its various backs and forths made headlines for months, and parts ...

It’s hard to believe that at one point, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Walt Disney Company were on friendly terms. It was even more than just that. Disney gave Governor DeSantis thousands for his election and re-election campaigns, and that gave Disney the governor’s ear. But obviously, all that has changed. Related: Funny Story, DeSantis’ Disney Laws May Be Unconstitutional ...

It’s been only a few months of having DeSantis’s hand-picked board at the helm of the Central Florida Tourism District, and some are already over and done with them—so much so that one Florida lawmaker is soon going to formally propose to bring Disney back and put an end to DeSantis’s Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board. The battle that ...