HR 8454
116th Congress
House
Crime and Law Enforcement
Assault and harassment offenses
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Crime prevention
Crime victims
Crimes against children
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Evidence and witnesses
Government information and archives
Human trafficking
Intergovernmental relations
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Pornography
Sex offenses
EARN IT Act of 2020
Introduced: September 30, 2020
Introduced by:
Garcia, Sylvia R.
Democratic
· Texas
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Sep 30, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 30, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 or the EARN IT Act of 2020
This bill revises the framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children.
Among other things, the bill does the following:
- establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention;
- directs the commission to develop best practices for interactive online service providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children;
- requires interactive online service providers to certify compliance with the best practices (or implement other reasonable practices to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children), or else lose liability protections from claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws; and
- replaces statutory references to child pornography with child sexual abuse material.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Committees of jurisdiction
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