Colorado Revised Statutes Title 29. Government Local § 29-34-101. Bullying, harassment, and intimidation--local elected official--social media--legislative declaration--definitions

(1)(a) The general assembly finds and declares that the private social media administered by a local elected official or designee is a private account and does not create a public forum;

(b) A local elected official has no duty to create or maintain private social media and no state law, ordinance, or regulation compels creation or maintenance of private social media by a local elected official; and

(c) Therefore, the general assembly determines that it is appropriate to acknowledge in law that a local elected official or designee has discretion to restrict or remove a user of private social media that is administered by the local elected official or designee for any reason, including bullying, harassment, or intimidation of other users of the private social media administered by the local elected official or designee.

(a) “Bullying” means intending to coerce or cause any physical, mental, or emotional harm to any individual by written expression, an electronic act or gesture, or a pattern of behavior.

(b) “Harassment” means:

(c) “Intimidation” means directly or indirectly inflicting or threatening the infliction of any injury, damage, harm, or loss upon an individual.

(d) “Local elected official” means an individual serving in an elected position in the state who is not a state elected official, as defined in section 24-18.3-101(2)(g).

(e) “Obscene” means a patently offensive description of sexual acts or solicitation to commit sexual acts.

(f) “Private social media” means social media that is not supported by the resources of a local government and is not required by state or local law, ordinance, or regulation to be created or maintained by a local elected official.

(g) “Social media” means any electronic medium, including an interactive computer service, telephone network, or data network that allows users to create, share, and view user-generated content including videos, still photographs, blogs, video blogs, podcasts, instant messages, electronic mail, or internet website profiles.