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🏛️ Florida AI Bill of Rights: State Proposes Sweeping New Protections

NewBits Digest feature image for article on the Florida AI Bill of Rights, highlighting statewide privacy, safety, and data-center protections.

Governor Ron DeSantis has announced a sweeping proposal to establish a Florida AI Bill of Rights, aiming to protect Floridians’ privacy, security, and consumer rights. The plan also introduces new rules limiting where hyperscale AI data centers can be built and who pays for them.


📌 Florida AI Bill of Rights: Key Protections


🛡️ Privacy & Safety


  • Reinstates strict protections against deepfakes, including those involving minors.


  • Blocks state or local agencies from using DeepSeek or any other Chinese-created AI tools to safeguard U.S. data.


  • Requires clear notices when consumers interact with AI (e.g., customer service chatbots).


👤 Control Over Name, Image & Likeness


  • Prohibits AI from using someone’s NIL without consent, especially in political ads or commercial deception.


👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Oversight


  • Parents may access a child’s AI chat history, set usage windows, and receive alerts for flagged behavior.


🔐 Data Security


  • Ensures personal data entered into AI tools remains private.


  • Prohibits companies from selling or sharing personal data, even in “de-identified” form.


💬 Mental Health Safeguards


  • Bans AI from providing licensed therapy or counseling, including tools that imitate licensed professionals.


📋 Insurance Fairness


  • Prevents insurance companies from using AI as the sole basis for denying or adjusting claims.


  • Requires transparency and regulatory review for any AI used in insurance decisions.


🏗️ Data Center Restrictions


💵 No Cost to Residents


  • Utilities cannot raise rates to subsidize hyperscale AI data centers.


🚫 No Taxpayer Subsidies


  • Bars public funding for Big Tech infrastructure.


🏘️ Local Control


  • Cities and counties may reject data center construction in their communities.


💧 Protecting Water & Land


  • Ensures facilities don’t strain water resources.


  • Prohibits data center construction by foreign principals or on agricultural/greenbelt land.


  • Requires noise and environmental protections.


🌍 Why it’s important


AI is evolving faster than regulation, and the Florida AI Bill of Rights positions the state as one of the first to set comprehensive guardrails around AI use, data privacy, and infrastructure. This legislation signals a growing national trend: governments want transparency, consumer protection, and local authority over the rapid expansion of AI and its physical footprint. If passed, the policy could become a template for other states navigating AI safety, privacy, and economic impact.



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