social media
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Colorado elected officials can now block constituents on social media for any reason
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Be careful what you comment on an elected official’s social media page. If they don’t like it, they might block you – thanks to a new state law. Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 1306 into law on Monday, giving all elected officials in the state the power to block someone from viewing or interacting with an…
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Colorado lawmakers vote to let themselves block constituents on social media
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Colorado lawmakers on Thursday decided to allow themselves to block their constituents on social media. If signed into law, House Bill 1306 would give all elected officials in the state the power to block someone from viewing or interacting with an official’s social media pages – for any reason. This would apply to their personal social media…
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Colorado lawmakers want to block constituents on social media
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Courts throughout the country have deliberated for years on whether elected officials have the right to block their constituents on social media. Now, Colorado lawmakers are trying to take the decision into their own hands. If made law, House Bill 1306 would give all elected officials in the state the power to block someone from viewing or…
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Federal judge declines to block Facebook from showing Loveland man ‘pornographic ads’
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A federal judge last week declined a Loveland man’s request to block Facebook from showing him advertisements he deemed pornographic, and which left him feeling traumatized and sexually harassed. Alfred P. Reaud filed a lawsuit earlier this year against Meta Platforms, Inc., which owns Facebook. Reaud documented 93 “unwanted gross and offensive pornographic ads” he…
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Tips for avoiding parking stress at the National Western Stock Show
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Newsflash: Parking at the National Western Stock Show grounds remains challenging. In talking to attendees and reviewing feedback on social media, frustration mounted last weekend for the record-setting crowds at the 117th year of the Stock Show. The free parking at the Denver Coliseum filled up and was closed well before the 2 p.m. Sunday…
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10th Circuit reinstates student’s First Amendment lawsuit over anti-Semitic ‘joke’
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A Cherry Creek High School student has credibly alleged school officials violated his First Amendment rights when they expelled him for an offensive social media post, the federal appeals court based in Denver decided on Wednesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit reinstated the lawsuit of a teenager identified as C.G., largely…
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BIDLACK | There are lies, damned lies — and social media
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Every so often, I’m asked how I go about writing these columns twice a week. My usual process is to sit at my computer with my copy of the Colorado Springs Gazette from that morning, with the ColoradoPolitics.com website open on my monitor, a can of Coke Zero by my side. I look for something…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP: Polygamous town picks outsider as police chief
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Utah Polygamous town under scrutiny picks outsider as chief SALT LAKE CITY – A polygamous community on the Utah-Arizona border has hired an outsider as its new police chief, selecting a retired Salt Lake City area police officer with no ties to the fundamentalist Mormon group that controlled the town for a century until federal…
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Trail Mix: The road to Colorado’s 2018 election, March 11 edition
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A STATEWIDE WIN’S A STATEWIDE WIN … State Treasurer Walker Stapleton, a leading Republican candidate for governor, was making the rounds at precinct caucuses Tuesday night at Lakewood High School, pitching his candidacy to Jeffco Republicans, who were convening in scattered classrooms. At one of his first stops, Stapleton delivered a rapid-fire introduction to the…
