Polis signs law to protect teachers, school workers from doxxing

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Colorado teachers now can withhold their personal information from the internet if they feel it would put them or their family at risk.

, into law Thursday, adding educators to the growing list of professions lawmakers want to protect from doxxing. Doxxing is when people post a person’s personal information online, typically with the intent of promoting harassment or other malicious behavior.

Polis and lawmakers added health care workers, child protection workers, code enforcement officers and other public-facing but unelected workers to the state’s anti-doxxing law. Posting a protected person’s information online is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

 

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We do have an excellent governor. I'm so happy how we have him

How about you do some gun control.

Good but my god, where we are

Translation: our teachers suck, we dont want them harassed. But SCOTUS is fair game. More shit that doesn’t make sense from GovofCO

Thank you Polis

This one may backfire in cases of teacher abuse but overall a good policy.

DanielleforCO for Colorado. Get clown Polis out. He’s destroying this once beautiful state.

Once again, Thank You, Colorado Democrats In these trying times Democrats provide one tiny shining light of hope for the future.

They couldn't before?

Voters info shouldn’t be online. It’s just missing ss info 😒

U.S. ranked 9th in reading and 31st in math globally. Those are poor results from a country touting its educational prowess.

I will continue to dox any teacher that corrupts a child’s sexual orientation- will be my life’s work from here out

Liberals protecting themselves from liberals… Full circle. Amazing.

I'm sure the CEA is pleased. Now do Engineers, Carpenters, Nuns, ...

That they have to do this 😩😖🤯🚩🚩🚩

I have no problem with this. Doxxing anyone is wrong.

I want that 🤷🏻‍♂️

KyleClark Well done.

KyleClark

Penny_G now do doctors and nurses

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