Veto of a social media bill

Colorado’s Senate Bill 25-86 “would regulate social media companies by requiring they remove people from the platform who violate the terms of service by exploiting young people for sexual content or sell drugs or firearms.” The Senate voted to override the veto, the House did not.

Colorado’s Governor vetoed the measure stating “This law imposes sweeping requirements that social media platforms, rather than law enforcement, enforce state law. It mandates a private company to investigate and impose the government’s chosen penalty of permanently deplatforming a user even if the underlying complaint is malicious and unwarranted. In our judicial proceedings, people receive due process when they are suspected of breaking the law.“

Route Fifty | Colorado Senate votes to override Polis veto of social media regulation bill