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In Colorado:
Concerning the regulation of digital communications, and, in connection therewith, creating the digital communications division and the digital communications commission
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Subjects: Professions & Occupations
Telecommunications & Information Technology
Bill Summary
The bill creates the digital communications division (division) . . . On an annual basis and for a reasonable fee determined by the commission, the division shall register digital communications platforms . . . such as social media platforms or media-sharing platforms, that conduct business in Colorado . . . A digital communications platform that fails to register with the division commits a class 2 misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 for each day that the violation continues.
The division shall investigate and the commission may hold hearings . . .
- Include practices that promote hate speech; undermine election integrity; disseminate intentional disinformation, conspiracy theories, or fake news; . . . .
- May include business, political, or social practices that are conducted in a manner that a person aggrieved by the practices can demonstrate are unfair or discriminatory to the aggrieved person. . . . .
- Practices that target users for purposes of collecting and disseminating users' personal data, including users' sensitive data
- Profiling users based on their personal data collected
- Selling or authorizing others to use users' personal data to provide location-based advertising or targeted advertising; or
- Using facial recognition software and other tracking technology.
The full text of the bill is here.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 04 2021, @06:55AM
You make an interesting point, but I'm not sure if that will be how this bill goes down.
"shall registerdigital communications platforms, which are certaincommunications-oriented online businesses, such as social mediaplatforms or media-sharing platforms, that conduct business in Colorado or own or operate services that are offered to Colorado residents."
Guess we'll see how the lawsuits turn out, probably get kicked to the Supreme Court. I would hope that only businesses from Colorado could be so regulated, and on top of that if this bill actually violates Constitutional Rights it will just get thrown out.
Silver lining is that legislative bodies are starting to take digital rights seriously.