Our client Florida Citizens Alliance is at the center of one of the most significant tech policy debates in the country right now — and the civic action platform we build and maintain, flcactioncenter.org, is the digital backbone of their movement.
The News
In February 2026, The Daily Signal broke a story revealing that the White House is actively working against Florida’s attempt to pass an AI Bill of Rights for children. The story was picked up by CBS Miami, DeSantis Daily, and multiple other outlets.
At the heart of this fight is Keith Flaugh, CEO of Florida Citizens Alliance, who has been quoted extensively across national media. Flaugh has been lobbying the Florida legislature to protect children from unregulated AI in schools and at home.
“AI, without regulation, will destroy the family unit when every child has their own personal, godlike authority figure in their life, starting at age five or less.”
— Keith Flaugh, CEO, Florida Citizens Alliance
The Florida Senate has backed the bill, but the White House — citing President Trump’s December 2025 executive order on AI — is pushing for a federal solution instead, effectively trying to block state-level regulation. Ryan Kennedy of the Florida Citizens Alliance has pointed out that one-third of children are now choosing AI companions for “serious interactions,” making state-level safeguards urgent.
The Platform We Build and Maintain
FLCActionCenter.org is the civic action platform that powers Florida Citizens Alliance’s grassroots movement. It serves a coalition of over 100 grassroots organizations with an active supporter base of more than 250,000 people.
The platform enables action alerts, petition campaigns, legislative tracking, and direct supporter engagement — the kind of infrastructure that turns public concern into organized political action. MOTS Technologies builds and maintains this platform.
How It Started
Our relationship with Florida Citizens Alliance began with a test. Keith Flaugh had an application that no developer could debug. Multiple teams had tried and failed. The deal was simple: fix this issue that no one else can, and the project is yours.
We discovered something no previous developer had identified — the architecture was actually two CakePHP applications nested inside each other. Every team before us had been troubleshooting only one layer. We diagnosed the root cause and resolved the issue.
That was years ago. The engagement has continued ever since. The site is still live. The trust is still there.
Why This Matters
When a grassroots coalition of 250,000+ people needs to mobilize against a White House policy position, the technology behind that movement has to work — reliably, at scale, without downtime. That’s the kind of infrastructure MOTS Technologies builds.
We don’t just build websites. We build the systems that organizations depend on when it matters most. This is one of those moments.