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Family and advocates back bill to criminalize uploading videos that promote or condone criminal acts after teen’s death
Summary
House Bill 12-82, introduced by Delegate Chris Tomlinson, would make it a misdemeanor to upload to social media a video of criminal conduct with intent to promote or condone it; witnesses said the measure responds to harms from viral recordings of assaults.
Delegate Chris Tomlinson presented House Bill 12-82, “Mackenzie’s Law,” asking the committee to make it a misdemeanor to upload a video of an action that is a crime under state or federal law to a social media application with intent to promote or condone the activity. The proposed penalty is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail or a fine up to $2,500.
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