Chapter 93A of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 2 the following section:-

Section 2A. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

“Deplatform”, the action or practice of preventing a person from contributing to a political forum or debate, including, but not limited to, by blocking them from contributing on a particular social media platform.

“Social media platform” or “platform”, a website or application that enables a user to create and share content or participate in social networking.

(b) No social media platform shall deplatform a political candidate for public office in response to a political statement made by the candidate.

(c) In addition to all damages allowed by this chapter, a social media platform that violates this section may be fined not more than $100,000 per violation. For the purposes of this section, each day during which a candidate is deplatformed shall be considered a separate violation.