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posted by Fnord666 on Thursday March 04 2021, @03:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the legislators-protecting-us-from-bad-things dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday March 06 2021, @04:30AM (6 children)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday March 06 2021, @04:30AM (#1120695) Homepage Journal

    Still wrong in every aspect. The others I already informed you on but the constitution? Really? The constitution has literally nothing to do with state taxes except the commerce clause, and that just says congress can regulate interstate commerce.

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  • (Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Saturday March 06 2021, @05:00AM (5 children)

    by fakefuck39 (6620) on Saturday March 06 2021, @05:00AM (#1120699)

    yes, the constitution says the fed gov regulates interstate commerce. exactly like you said. you're good at saying things you don't understand. a state cannot tax an entity not represented in that state. no taxation without representation. so colorado cannot pass laws and regulations for someone in jersey. what us it you're not getting here skippy? if you're in jersey and not in colorado, you can ignore anything jersey tells you to do.

    literally an 8th grader knows this. then again, an 8th grader knows you can't suck through a straw in a vacuum. how was the short bus yiu took to school in 8th grade? btw, this tax thing -it's in the 8th grade constitution test you have to pass before qualifying for high school.

    http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/interstatetax.htm [umkc.edu]

    • (Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday March 06 2021, @05:16AM (4 children)

      by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday March 06 2021, @05:16AM (#1120700) Homepage Journal

      The latest case law you have there is 1995. You might want to get current. Like, you know, South Dakota vs. Wayfair Inc. [supremecourt.gov] for starters. Let me know when you're ready to admit you didn't know what the fuck you were talking about.

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      • (Score: 2) by fakefuck39 on Saturday March 06 2021, @05:52AM (3 children)

        by fakefuck39 (6620) on Saturday March 06 2021, @05:52AM (#1120708)

        or you are again saying shit w/o knowing what ot means. the case you site was for a company using and advertising to out of state residents, specifically. 'buy from us sd resident, pay no tax.' the ruling said because if that, the company i said needed to register in sd as.. wait for it... a foreign corporation. like what i said in literally my first comment.

        and even this was just a ruling, very limited in scope, and very specific. many rules, and all of them not allowing to tax an out of state entity, but for specific cases, saying the out if state business is actually an in-state foreign corporation, and hence should register as such. this is why most out of state online stores are... still tax free. ebay included. amazon included for places they don't have offices or warehouses.

        so yet again, the thing you linked proves you wrong. here's a good summary of your case. whicj you will neither read, nor understand.

        https://www.quaderno.io/blog/south-dakota-vs-wayfair-how-the-supreme-court-ruling-changes-us-sales-tax [quaderno.io]

        • (Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday March 06 2021, @01:02PM (2 children)

          by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday March 06 2021, @01:02PM (#1120759) Homepage Journal

          Your own link specifically says "With the Wayfair decision, states can begin taxing remote retailers and recouping that revenue." And goes on to totally obliterate your entire argument. How fucking stupid are you?

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          • (Score: 1, Troll) by fakefuck39 on Sunday March 07 2021, @02:03AM (1 child)

            by fakefuck39 (6620) on Sunday March 07 2021, @02:03AM (#1120932)

            quite smart actually. you need to look up what a foreign corporation is. which is business 101 of starting a company. the decision is about companies evading being a foreign corporation. foreign corporations have to pay taxes. as i literally said, in my original comment. in your example of soylent, with this court decision, soylent, and most businesses would Not be foreign corporations, and would not be affected by this ruling.

            i am 100% sure i am 200% smarter and more informed than you. because instead of learning and understanding things you don't know and understand, you take pride in being dense, and are too lazy to put in the effort required for actual knowledge. as far as this topic, since I own an almost 20yo company that does out of state consulting and software, and have been very involved in its taxes, i was forced to learn this topic quite well. you -you are just a retard.

            • (Score: 1) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday March 07 2021, @08:39PM

              And I've been doing the same for 25 years and know for a fact that you don't have clue one what you're talking about. Should we whip them out and measure now since you're obviously not going to change your mind now matter how many times I cite you decisions saying you're dead wrong?

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