State and federal lawmakers have been grappling for some time over what to do about certain websites that promote prostitution and child sex trafficking. One challenge in doing so is Communications Decency Act Section 230 (CDA230) which immunizes websites for third-party content (subject to certain exceptions) and which has been used to dismiss criminal charges…
ERIC GOLDMAN ON SESTA AND CDA230 Listen On August 1st, Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) introduced S.1693 – the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act of 2017 which would amend the Communications Decency Act (SESTA). SESTA redefines child sex trafficking under 18 USC §1591 to include “knowing conduct by an individual or entity, by any means, that assists,…
In January, the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report on Backpage.com’s Knowing Facilitation of Online Sex Trafficking, but criminal charges against the website have failed due to the site’s immunity for third-party content (prostitution ads) under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA230”). SESTA Introduced In August, Subcommittee Chairman Rob Portman (R-OH)…
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