A bill to amend chapter 110 of title 18, United States Code, to provide for criminal and civil liability for an interactive computer service that willfully or recklessly promotes or facilitates child exploitation, to amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · December 11, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Holding Sexual Predators and Online Enablers Accountable Act of 2020
This bill establishes a new criminal offense for owning, managing, or operating an interactive computer service (e.g., social media company) that promotes or facilitates the hosting or trafficking in materials that involve child sexual exploitation.
A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to 25 years, or both. The bill also authorizes civil remedies such as damages.
Additionally, the bill increases the mandatory minimum prison term for certain offenses involving child sexual exploitation.
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