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: 1, Flamebait) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday March 04 2021, @12:53PM (4 children)
What for? Was one of your grandmothers a witch or something?
Oh, we *told* her not to make a wish to the little cat-rabbity-weasel thing. We TOLD her it was pure evil. But no, she went and did it anyway...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 04 2021, @03:34PM (3 children)
You can count on Azuma to always be the voice of caring and sensitivity. Tone deaf.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday March 04 2021, @07:33PM (2 children)
Still better than the conservatives who would be defending this bill if it had the magic (R).
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 05 2021, @12:36AM (1 child)
FFS! Burn those damn witches, those "spicy whites"? [rt.com] How 'bout both you and Azuma take the friggin L.
(Score: 1, Troll) by Azuma Hazuki on Friday March 05 2021, @01:34AM
Sounds like you don't like it when I act like a US right-winger but keep my politics :) Cry harder! This is karma!
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...