Colorado § 8-12.5-101 - Definitions.
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§ 8-12.5-101. Definitions.
[Editor's note: This section is effective June 1, 2027.] As used in this article 12.5, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Bank" has the meaning set forth in section 11-101-401 (5).
(2) (a) "Content creator" means a parent or legal guardian who creates online content in exchange for compensation, including a parent or legal guardian who is a vlogger, podcaster, online influencer, or streamer.
(b) "Content creator" does not include a minor who produces their own online content.
(3) "Minor" means an individual under eighteen years old.
(4) "News organization" means an entity whose primary purpose is the publication or dissemination of news, sports, or other editorial content selected by the publisher, rather than user-generated content.
(5) "Online content" means content in an audio, image, or video format shared on an online hosting platform in exchange for compensation.
(6) (a) "Online hosting platform" means a public or semipublic internet-based service or application that has account holders in Colorado and that meets the following criteria with respect to account holders:
(I) The service or application connects account holders to allow them to interact with each other within the service or application;
(II) The service or application permits public posting of account holder-generated content without visibility being limited to a particular social graph; and
(III) The service or application permits interaction with other account holders' content outside a limited social graph, including content recommended from persons that the account holder does not follow.
(b) "Online hosting platform" does not include:
(I) An internet-based service or application operated by a news organization in furtherance of the news organization's primary purpose;
(II) A telecommunications service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. sec. 153 (53); or
(III) A broadband internet access service, as defined in 47 CFR 54.400 (l).
(7) "Social graph" means the list of persons that an account holder is connected to using a friending function or similar function on an online hosting platform. Subscribing to content from another account holder does not constitute a friending function.
(8) "Trust company" has the meaning set forth in section 11-109-101 (11).
(9) "Uniquely identifiable" means that an individual, other than the individual submitting a privacy removal request, could identify the individual submitting the request as distinct from other individuals based on personal identifying information, including image, voice, name, or contact information.
Source: L. 2026: Entire article added, (HB 26-1058), ch. 89, p. 349, § 1, effective June 1, 2027.
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