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House committee advances Senate Bill 86 after hours of testimony on social media, fentanyl, guns and child exploitation; bill requires reporting, faster warrant
Summary
Senate Bill 86, which would require social media companies to report certain youth-related harms, respond faster to Colorado warrants, and remove accounts tied to illegal trafficking, firearm sales, or child exploitation, advanced from House Health & Human Services after emotional testimony from parents, prosecutors and survivors; the committee v
The House Health & Human Services Committee advanced Senate Bill 86 after an extended hearing that included parents of victims, district attorneys, pediatric specialists, public-health advocates and industry representatives. The bill would require annual reporting by social media platforms to the Colorado Attorney General—s Office, faster responses to Colorado-issued search warrants, and expedited removal of accounts found to be engaging in certain illegal activity (sale of illicit drugs, unlawful firearms sales, and ******** exploitation or trafficking of minors).
Sponsor—s framing and witnesses: Sponsor Rep. Besenhecker told the committee that social media platforms have become "an illegal and unregulated marketplace for the sale of deadly drugs, firearms bought by kids, and the ******** trafficking and…
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