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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: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday March 04 2021, @04:29PM (5 children)
Time is money. Who's gonna buy the hotdogs while court is in recess?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 05 2021, @11:03AM (4 children)
Dunno. I'll be the one at the grill selling them though.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday March 05 2021, @06:08PM (3 children)
Got all your permits, paid all the fees? Do you properly display all nutritional information and health hazards?
You know, in other countries, you can walk around and sell anything you can push, pull, or carry, but in the libertarian USA, you need a license to do anything. What's up with that?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday March 05 2021, @08:40PM (2 children)
Hell no! Pirate wieners for everybody!
Dunno who told you we were still anywhere near libertarian. Congress has been hacking away at that for a couple hundred years and change to great effect. We're just the best alternative currently around.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 05 2021, @08:53PM (1 child)
Congress has been hacking away at that for a couple hundred years
I don't understand. Why would you let them do that?
(Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday March 06 2021, @02:37AM
Man, I may be old but I ain't that old.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.