A BILL has been introduced into the Colorado State Senate which presumes to LICENSE WEB SITES and impose Misdemeanor fines of $5,000 a day for failing to register.

The BILL would allow "Hearings" and presumably administrative actions against ". . . practices that promote hate speech; undermine election integrity; disseminate intentional disinformation, conspiracy theories, or fake news . . .

From the Colorado state legislature web site:
BILL SUMMARY

The bill creates the digital communications division (division) and the digital communications commission (commission) within the department of regulatory agencies. On an annual basis and for a reasonable fee determined by the commission, the division shall register digital communications platforms, which are certain communications-oriented online businesses, such as social media platforms or media-sharing platforms, that conduct business in Colorado or own or operate services that are offered to Colorado residents. 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 on claims filed with the division alleging that a digital communications platform has allowed a person to engage in one or more unfair or discriminatory digital communications practices on the platform, which practices:

Include practices that promote hate speech; undermine election integrity; disseminate intentional disinformation, conspiracy theories, or fake news; or authorize, encourage, or carry out violations of users' privacy; and

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. Such practices, if done in an unfair or discriminatory manner, might include:

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.

If a person who files a complaint with the division exhausts all administrative remedies and proceedings, the person may file a civil action in district court alleging an unfair or discriminatory digital communications practice.

The Bill is sponsored by Senator Kathy Donovan, the Senate President Pro Tempore of Colorado, whose contact information is:
CONTACT INFORMATION
MAILING ADDRESS
200 E Colfax
RM 346
Denver, CO 80203
United States

CAPITOL PHONE
303-866-4871

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