Senate Bill 21-132
EFFECTS OF THE BILL:
Create two new government offices to register social media sites and collect fees (amounts unspecified).
Empower state government to punish social media for permitting citizens to post information that the government bureaucrats deem to be "incorrect", "fake news", "conspiracy theories" or critical of how elections are conducted.
WHY IS THIS BILL BAD FOR COLORADO?
Do you want state regulators monitoring what you say online?
Is it in your interest to create incentives for social media sites to censor what you say online?
Do you trust a tribunal of state bureaucrats to hear complaints about your posts on social media?
Do you trust state bureaucrats to decide whether something you posted online is “intentional disinformation,” “fake news,” “conspiracy theories,” or undermining “election integrity?”
You and I are the targets of this bill! The real targets of this bill are not social media sites. The targets are you and I, members of the public. Is it the state government’s role to censor what we can say to each other online?
View this Bad Bill here.
