The Denver Post: The social media creators who posted unauthorized videos of court proceedings and prompted Colorado Supreme Court Justice Monica Márquez to essentially end livestreaming for three months make up a tiny fraction of all livestream viewers, according to state data.

In 2026, 352,000 people viewed livestreamed state court proceedings on the Colorado Judicial Department’s website, spokeswoman Suzanne Karrer said. Márquez last month cited “hundreds” of unauthorized rebroadcasts of livestreamed court proceedings on monetized social media platforms as the driving reason for her Sept. 15 directive allowing judges to turn off livestreaming despite a state law that requires them to livestream most proceedings.

Márquez’s directive noted she was aware of “hundreds of these posts on YouTube alone, and the number grows each day.” The judicial department last week released a list of reported violations to The Denver Post in response to an open records request. That list, which consists of potential violations flagged by judges, clerks and other judicial insiders, included 120 videos featuring 69 cases, a Post analysis found. Another 258 entries were duplicates, with the same unauthorized videos reported multiple times.

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