This bill modernizes federal laws protecting children from online sexual exploitation. It strengthens the CyberTipline, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children's reporting system, by requiring internet companies to provide more detailed information about victims and suspects when reporting abuse, including identifiers and location data. The legislation extends the time companies must preserve evidence of child sexual abuse from 90 days to 1 year and allows voluntary preservation beyond that period. It also allows the sharing of technical identifiers (like digital fingerprints) with nonprofits working to prevent child exploitation. Additionally, the bill replaces outdated terminology throughout federal law, changing "child pornography" to "child sexual abuse material" across multiple statutes to better reflect the serious nature of these crimes. The bill does not specify new funding amounts or detailed implementation timelines, though it directs the U.S. Sentencing Commission to update federal sentencing guidelines to use the new terminology.
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