H.R. 8454 · 116th Congress
EARN IT Act of 2020
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Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020 or the EARN IT Act of 2020
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Sep 30, 2020
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: EARN IT Act of 2020
Also known as: Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2020
Latest action (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.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement · Origin: House · Introduced: Sep 30, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.