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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 633 |
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5 | 5 | | To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual |
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6 | 6 | | depictions, and for other purposes. |
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7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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8 | 8 | | JANUARY22, 2025 |
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9 | 9 | | Ms. S |
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10 | 10 | | ALAZAR(for herself, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania, Mr. PFLUGER, Mrs. |
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11 | 11 | | D |
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12 | 12 | | INGELL, Mr. BUCHANAN, and Ms. PLASKETT) introduced the following |
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13 | 13 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce |
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14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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15 | 15 | | To require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual |
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16 | 16 | | intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes. |
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17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tools to Address 4 |
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21 | 21 | | Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological 5 |
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22 | 22 | | Deepfakes On Websites and Networks Act’’ or the ‘‘TAKE 6 |
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23 | 23 | | IT DOWN Act’’. 7 |
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27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. CRIMINAL PROHIBITION ON INTENTIONAL DISCLO-1 |
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28 | 28 | | SURE OF NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE VISUAL 2 |
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29 | 29 | | DEPICTIONS. 3 |
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30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Section 223 of the Communica-4 |
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32 | 32 | | tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223) is amended— 5 |
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33 | 33 | | (1) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-6 |
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34 | 34 | | section (i); and 7 |
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35 | 35 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-8 |
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36 | 36 | | lowing: 9 |
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37 | 37 | | ‘‘(h) I |
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38 | 38 | | NTENTIONALDISCLOSURE OF NONCONSEN-10 |
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39 | 39 | | SUALINTIMATEVISUALDEPICTIONS.— 11 |
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40 | 40 | | ‘‘(1) D |
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41 | 41 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 12 |
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42 | 42 | | ‘‘(A) C |
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43 | 43 | | ONSENT.—The term ‘consent’ 13 |
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44 | 44 | | means an affirmative, conscious, and voluntary 14 |
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45 | 45 | | authorization made by an individual free from 15 |
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46 | 46 | | force, fraud, duress, misrepresentation, or coer-16 |
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47 | 47 | | cion. 17 |
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48 | 48 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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49 | 49 | | IGITAL FORGERY.—The term ‘dig-18 |
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50 | 50 | | ital forgery’ means any intimate visual depic-19 |
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51 | 51 | | tion of an identifiable individual created 20 |
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52 | 52 | | through the use of software, machine learning, 21 |
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53 | 53 | | artificial intelligence, or any other computer- 22 |
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54 | 54 | | generated or technological means, including by 23 |
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55 | 55 | | adapting, modifying, manipulating, or altering 24 |
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56 | 56 | | an authentic visual depiction, that, when viewed 25 |
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57 | 57 | | as a whole by a reasonable person, is indistin-26 |
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61 | 61 | | guishable from an authentic visual depiction of 1 |
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62 | 62 | | the individual. 2 |
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63 | 63 | | ‘‘(C) I |
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64 | 64 | | DENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL .—The 3 |
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65 | 65 | | term ‘identifiable individual’ means an indi-4 |
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66 | 66 | | vidual— 5 |
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67 | 67 | | ‘‘(i) who appears in whole or in part 6 |
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68 | 68 | | in an intimate visual depiction; and 7 |
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69 | 69 | | ‘‘(ii) whose face, likeness, or other dis-8 |
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70 | 70 | | tinguishing characteristic (including a 9 |
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71 | 71 | | unique birthmark or other recognizable 10 |
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72 | 72 | | feature) is displayed in connection with 11 |
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73 | 73 | | such intimate visual depiction. 12 |
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74 | 74 | | ‘‘(D) I |
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75 | 75 | | NTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE .— 13 |
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76 | 76 | | The term ‘interactive computer service’ has the 14 |
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77 | 77 | | meaning given the term in section 230. 15 |
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78 | 78 | | ‘‘(E) I |
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79 | 79 | | NTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION .—The 16 |
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80 | 80 | | term ‘intimate visual depiction’ has the mean-17 |
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81 | 81 | | ing given such term in section 1309 of the Con-18 |
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82 | 82 | | solidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (15 U.S.C. 19 |
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83 | 83 | | 6851). 20 |
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84 | 84 | | ‘‘(F) M |
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85 | 85 | | INOR.—The term ‘minor’ means 21 |
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86 | 86 | | any individual under the age of 18 years. 22 |
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87 | 87 | | ‘‘(2) O |
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88 | 88 | | FFENSE INVOLVING AUTHENTIC INTI -23 |
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89 | 89 | | MATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS .— 24 |
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93 | 93 | | ‘‘(A) INVOLVING ADULTS.—Except as pro-1 |
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94 | 94 | | vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 2 |
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95 | 95 | | for any person, in interstate or foreign com-3 |
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96 | 96 | | merce, to use an interactive computer service to 4 |
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97 | 97 | | knowingly publish an intimate visual depiction 5 |
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98 | 98 | | of an identifiable individual who is not a minor 6 |
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99 | 99 | | if— 7 |
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100 | 100 | | ‘‘(i) the intimate visual depiction was 8 |
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101 | 101 | | obtained or created under circumstances in 9 |
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102 | 102 | | which the person knew or reasonably 10 |
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103 | 103 | | should have known the identifiable indi-11 |
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104 | 104 | | vidual had a reasonable expectation of pri-12 |
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105 | 105 | | vacy; 13 |
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106 | 106 | | ‘‘(ii) what is depicted was not volun-14 |
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107 | 107 | | tarily exposed by the identifiable individual 15 |
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108 | 108 | | in a public or commercial setting; 16 |
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109 | 109 | | ‘‘(iii) what is depicted is not a matter 17 |
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110 | 110 | | of public concern; and 18 |
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111 | 111 | | ‘‘(iv) publication of the intimate visual 19 |
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112 | 112 | | depiction— 20 |
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113 | 113 | | ‘‘(I) is intended to cause harm; 21 |
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114 | 114 | | or 22 |
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115 | 115 | | ‘‘(II) causes harm, including psy-23 |
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116 | 116 | | chological, financial, or reputational 24 |
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117 | 117 | | harm, to the identifiable individual. 25 |
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121 | 121 | | ‘‘(B) INVOLVING MINORS.—Except as pro-1 |
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122 | 122 | | vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 2 |
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123 | 123 | | for any person, in interstate or foreign com-3 |
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124 | 124 | | merce, to use an interactive computer service to 4 |
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125 | 125 | | knowingly publish an intimate visual depiction 5 |
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126 | 126 | | of an identifiable individual who is a minor with 6 |
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127 | 127 | | intent to— 7 |
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128 | 128 | | ‘‘(i) abuse, humiliate, harass, or de-8 |
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129 | 129 | | grade the minor; or 9 |
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130 | 130 | | ‘‘(ii) arouse or gratify the sexual de-10 |
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131 | 131 | | sire of any person. 11 |
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132 | 132 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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133 | 133 | | XCEPTIONS.—Subparagraphs (A) 12 |
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134 | 134 | | and (B) shall not apply to— 13 |
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135 | 135 | | ‘‘(i) a lawfully authorized investiga-14 |
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136 | 136 | | tive, protective, or intelligence activity of— 15 |
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137 | 137 | | ‘‘(I) a law enforcement agency of 16 |
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138 | 138 | | the United States, a State, or a polit-17 |
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139 | 139 | | ical subdivision of a State; or 18 |
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140 | 140 | | ‘‘(II) an intelligence agency of 19 |
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141 | 141 | | the United States; 20 |
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142 | 142 | | ‘‘(ii) a disclosure made reasonably and 21 |
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143 | 143 | | in good faith— 22 |
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144 | 144 | | ‘‘(I) to a law enforcement officer 23 |
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145 | 145 | | or agency; 24 |
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149 | 149 | | ‘‘(II) as part of a document pro-1 |
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150 | 150 | | duction or filing associated with a 2 |
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151 | 151 | | legal proceeding; 3 |
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152 | 152 | | ‘‘(III) as part of medical edu-4 |
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153 | 153 | | cation, diagnosis, or treatment or for 5 |
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154 | 154 | | a legitimate medical, scientific, or 6 |
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155 | 155 | | education purpose; 7 |
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156 | 156 | | ‘‘(IV) in the reporting of unlaw-8 |
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157 | 157 | | ful content or unsolicited or unwel-9 |
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158 | 158 | | come conduct or in pursuance of a 10 |
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159 | 159 | | legal, professional, or other lawful ob-11 |
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160 | 160 | | ligation; or 12 |
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161 | 161 | | ‘‘(V) to seek support or help with 13 |
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162 | 162 | | respect to the receipt of an unsolicited 14 |
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163 | 163 | | intimate visual depiction; 15 |
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164 | 164 | | ‘‘(iii) a disclosure reasonably intended 16 |
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165 | 165 | | to assist the identifiable individual; 17 |
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166 | 166 | | ‘‘(iv) a person who possesses or pub-18 |
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167 | 167 | | lishes an intimate visual depiction of him-19 |
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168 | 168 | | self or herself engaged in nudity or sexu-20 |
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169 | 169 | | ally explicit conduct (as that term is de-21 |
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170 | 170 | | fined in section 2256(2)(A) of title 18, 22 |
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171 | 171 | | United States Code); or 23 |
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172 | 172 | | ‘‘(v) the publication of an intimate 24 |
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173 | 173 | | visual depiction that constitutes— 25 |
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177 | 177 | | ‘‘(I) child pornography (as that 1 |
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178 | 178 | | term is defined in section 2256 of title 2 |
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179 | 179 | | 18, United States Code); or 3 |
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180 | 180 | | ‘‘(II) a visual depiction described 4 |
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181 | 181 | | in subsection (a) or (b) of section 5 |
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182 | 182 | | 1466A of title 18, United States Code 6 |
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183 | 183 | | (relating to obscene visual representa-7 |
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184 | 184 | | tions of the sexual abuse of children). 8 |
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185 | 185 | | ‘‘(3) O |
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186 | 186 | | FFENSE INVOLVING DIGITAL FOR -9 |
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187 | 187 | | GERIES.— 10 |
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188 | 188 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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189 | 189 | | NVOLVING ADULTS.—Except as pro-11 |
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190 | 190 | | vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 12 |
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191 | 191 | | for any person, in interstate or foreign com-13 |
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192 | 192 | | merce, to use an interactive computer service to 14 |
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193 | 193 | | knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identi-15 |
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194 | 194 | | fiable individual who is not a minor if— 16 |
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195 | 195 | | ‘‘(i) the digital forgery was published 17 |
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196 | 196 | | without the consent of the identifiable indi-18 |
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197 | 197 | | vidual; 19 |
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198 | 198 | | ‘‘(ii) what is depicted was not volun-20 |
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199 | 199 | | tarily exposed by the identifiable individual 21 |
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200 | 200 | | in a public or commercial setting; 22 |
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201 | 201 | | ‘‘(iii) what is depicted is not a matter 23 |
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202 | 202 | | of public concern; and 24 |
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206 | 206 | | ‘‘(iv) publication of the digital for-1 |
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207 | 207 | | gery— 2 |
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208 | 208 | | ‘‘(I) is intended to cause harm; 3 |
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209 | 209 | | or 4 |
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210 | 210 | | ‘‘(II) causes harm, including psy-5 |
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211 | 211 | | chological, financial, or reputational 6 |
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212 | 212 | | harm, to the identifiable individual. 7 |
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213 | 213 | | ‘‘(B) I |
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214 | 214 | | NVOLVING MINORS.—Except as pro-8 |
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215 | 215 | | vided in subparagraph (C), it shall be unlawful 9 |
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216 | 216 | | for any person, in interstate or foreign com-10 |
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217 | 217 | | merce, to use an interactive computer service to 11 |
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218 | 218 | | knowingly publish a digital forgery of an identi-12 |
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219 | 219 | | fiable individual who is a minor with intent 13 |
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220 | 220 | | to— 14 |
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221 | 221 | | ‘‘(i) abuse, humiliate, harass, or de-15 |
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222 | 222 | | grade the minor; or 16 |
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223 | 223 | | ‘‘(ii) arouse or gratify the sexual de-17 |
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224 | 224 | | sire of any person. 18 |
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225 | 225 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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226 | 226 | | XCEPTIONS.—Subparagraphs (A) 19 |
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227 | 227 | | and (B) shall not apply to— 20 |
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228 | 228 | | ‘‘(i) a lawfully authorized investiga-21 |
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229 | 229 | | tive, protective, or intelligence activity of— 22 |
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230 | 230 | | ‘‘(I) a law enforcement agency of 23 |
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231 | 231 | | the United States, a State, or a polit-24 |
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236 | 236 | | ‘‘(II) an intelligence agency of 1 |
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237 | 237 | | the United States; 2 |
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238 | 238 | | ‘‘(ii) a disclosure made reasonably and 3 |
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239 | 239 | | in good faith— 4 |
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240 | 240 | | ‘‘(I) to a law enforcement officer 5 |
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241 | 241 | | or agency; 6 |
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242 | 242 | | ‘‘(II) as part of a document pro-7 |
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243 | 243 | | duction or filing associated with a 8 |
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244 | 244 | | legal proceeding; 9 |
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245 | 245 | | ‘‘(III) as part of medical edu-10 |
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246 | 246 | | cation, diagnosis, or treatment or for 11 |
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247 | 247 | | a legitimate medical, scientific, or 12 |
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248 | 248 | | education purpose; 13 |
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249 | 249 | | ‘‘(IV) in the reporting of unlaw-14 |
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250 | 250 | | ful content or unsolicited or unwel-15 |
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251 | 251 | | come conduct or in pursuance of a 16 |
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252 | 252 | | legal, professional, or other lawful ob-17 |
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253 | 253 | | ligation; or 18 |
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254 | 254 | | ‘‘(V) to seek support or help with 19 |
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255 | 255 | | respect to the receipt of an unsolicited 20 |
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256 | 256 | | intimate visual depiction; 21 |
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257 | 257 | | ‘‘(iii) a disclosure reasonably intended 22 |
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258 | 258 | | to assist the identifiable individual; 23 |
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259 | 259 | | ‘‘(iv) a person who possesses or pub-24 |
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260 | 260 | | lishes a digital forgery of himself or herself 25 |
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264 | 264 | | engaged in nudity or sexually explicit con-1 |
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265 | 265 | | duct (as that term is defined in section 2 |
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266 | 266 | | 2256(2)(A) of title 18, United States 3 |
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267 | 267 | | Code); or 4 |
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268 | 268 | | ‘‘(v) the publication of an intimate 5 |
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269 | 269 | | visual depiction that constitutes— 6 |
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270 | 270 | | ‘‘(I) child pornography (as that 7 |
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271 | 271 | | term is defined in section 2256 of title 8 |
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272 | 272 | | 18, United States Code); or 9 |
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273 | 273 | | ‘‘(II) a visual depiction described 10 |
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274 | 274 | | in subsection (a) or (b) of section 11 |
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275 | 275 | | 1466A of title 18, United States Code 12 |
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276 | 276 | | (relating to obscene visual representa-13 |
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277 | 277 | | tions of the sexual abuse of children). 14 |
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278 | 278 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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279 | 279 | | ENALTIES.— 15 |
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280 | 280 | | ‘‘(A) O |
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281 | 281 | | FFENSES INVOLVING ADULTS .—Any 16 |
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282 | 282 | | person who violates paragraph (2)(A) or (3)(A) 17 |
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283 | 283 | | shall be fined under title 18, United States 18 |
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284 | 284 | | Code, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or 19 |
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285 | 285 | | both. 20 |
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286 | 286 | | ‘‘(B) O |
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287 | 287 | | FFENSES INVOLVING MINORS .—Any 21 |
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288 | 288 | | person who violates paragraph (2)(B) or (3)(B) 22 |
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289 | 289 | | shall be fined under title 18, United States 23 |
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290 | 290 | | Code, imprisoned not more than 3 years, or 24 |
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291 | 291 | | both. 25 |
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295 | 295 | | ‘‘(5) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION .—For purposes 1 |
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296 | 296 | | of paragraphs (2) and (3)— 2 |
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297 | 297 | | ‘‘(A) the fact that the identifiable indi-3 |
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298 | 298 | | vidual provided consent for the creation of the 4 |
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299 | 299 | | intimate visual depiction shall not establish that 5 |
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300 | 300 | | the individual provided consent for the publica-6 |
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301 | 301 | | tion of the intimate visual depiction; and 7 |
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302 | 302 | | ‘‘(B) the fact that the identifiable indi-8 |
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303 | 303 | | vidual disclosed the intimate visual depiction to 9 |
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304 | 304 | | another individual shall not establish that the 10 |
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305 | 305 | | identifiable individual provided consent for the 11 |
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306 | 306 | | publication of the intimate visual depiction by 12 |
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307 | 307 | | the person alleged to have violated paragraph 13 |
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308 | 308 | | (2) or (3), respectively. 14 |
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309 | 309 | | ‘‘(6) T |
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310 | 310 | | HREATS.— 15 |
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311 | 311 | | ‘‘(A) T |
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312 | 312 | | HREATS INVOLVING AUTHENTIC IN -16 |
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313 | 313 | | TIMATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS .—Any person who 17 |
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314 | 314 | | intentionally threatens to commit an offense 18 |
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315 | 315 | | under paragraph (2) for the purpose of intimi-19 |
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316 | 316 | | dation, coercion, extortion, or to create mental 20 |
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317 | 317 | | distress shall be punished as provided in para-21 |
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318 | 318 | | graph (4). 22 |
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319 | 319 | | ‘‘(B) T |
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320 | 320 | | HREATS INVOLVING DIGITAL FOR -23 |
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321 | 321 | | GERIES.— 24 |
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325 | 325 | | ‘‘(i) THREATS INVOLVING ADULTS .— 1 |
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326 | 326 | | Any person who intentionally threatens to 2 |
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327 | 327 | | commit an offense under paragraph (3)(A) 3 |
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328 | 328 | | for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, 4 |
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329 | 329 | | extortion, or to create mental distress shall 5 |
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330 | 330 | | be fined under title 18, United States 6 |
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331 | 331 | | Code, imprisoned not more than 18 7 |
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332 | 332 | | months, or both. 8 |
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333 | 333 | | ‘‘(ii) T |
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334 | 334 | | HREATS INVOLVING MINORS .— 9 |
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335 | 335 | | Any person who intentionally threatens to 10 |
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336 | 336 | | commit an offense under paragraph (3)(B) 11 |
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337 | 337 | | for the purpose of intimidation, coercion, 12 |
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338 | 338 | | extortion, or to create mental distress shall 13 |
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339 | 339 | | be fined under title 18, United States 14 |
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340 | 340 | | Code, imprisoned not more than 30 15 |
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341 | 341 | | months, or both. 16 |
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342 | 342 | | ‘‘(7) F |
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343 | 343 | | ORFEITURE.— 17 |
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344 | 344 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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345 | 345 | | N GENERAL.—The court, in impos-18 |
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346 | 346 | | ing a sentence on any person convicted of a vio-19 |
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347 | 347 | | lation of paragraph (2) or (3), shall order, in 20 |
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348 | 348 | | addition to any other sentence imposed and ir-21 |
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349 | 349 | | respective of any provision of State law, that 22 |
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350 | 350 | | the person forfeit to the United States— 23 |
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351 | 351 | | ‘‘(i) any material distributed in viola-24 |
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352 | 352 | | tion of that paragraph; 25 |
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356 | 356 | | ‘‘(ii) the person’s interest in property, 1 |
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357 | 357 | | real or personal, constituting or derived 2 |
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358 | 358 | | from any gross proceeds of the violation, or 3 |
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359 | 359 | | any property traceable to such property, 4 |
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360 | 360 | | obtained or retained directly or indirectly 5 |
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361 | 361 | | as a result of the violation; and 6 |
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362 | 362 | | ‘‘(iii) any personal property of the 7 |
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363 | 363 | | person used, or intended to be used, in any 8 |
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364 | 364 | | manner or part, to commit or to facilitate 9 |
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365 | 365 | | the commission of the violation. 10 |
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366 | 366 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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367 | 367 | | ROCEDURES.—Section 413 of the 11 |
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368 | 368 | | Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853), 12 |
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369 | 369 | | with the exception of subsections (a) and (d), 13 |
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370 | 370 | | shall apply to the criminal forfeiture of property 14 |
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371 | 371 | | under subparagraph (A). 15 |
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372 | 372 | | ‘‘(8) R |
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373 | 373 | | ESTITUTION.—The court shall order res-16 |
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374 | 374 | | titution for an offense under paragraph (2) or (3) in 17 |
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375 | 375 | | the same manner as under section 2264 of title 18, 18 |
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376 | 376 | | United States Code. 19 |
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377 | 377 | | ‘‘(9) R |
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378 | 378 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing in 20 |
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379 | 379 | | this subsection shall be construed to limit the appli-21 |
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380 | 380 | | cation of any other relevant law, including section 22 |
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381 | 381 | | 2252 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 23 |
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385 | 385 | | (b) DEFENSES.—Section 223(e)(1) of the Commu-1 |
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386 | 386 | | nications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223(e)(1)) is amended 2 |
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387 | 387 | | by striking ‘‘or (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (d), or (h)’’. 3 |
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388 | 388 | | (c) T |
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389 | 389 | | ECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 4 |
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390 | 390 | | Subsection (i) of section 223 of the Communications Act 5 |
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391 | 391 | | of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 223), as so redesignated by subsection 6 |
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392 | 392 | | (a), is amended by inserting ‘‘D |
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393 | 393 | | EFINITIONS.—’’ before 7 |
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394 | 394 | | ‘‘For purposes of this section’’. 8 |
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395 | 395 | | SEC. 3. NOTICE AND REMOVAL OF NONCONSENSUAL INTI-9 |
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396 | 396 | | MATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS. 10 |
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397 | 397 | | (a) I |
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398 | 398 | | NGENERAL.— 11 |
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399 | 399 | | (1) N |
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400 | 400 | | OTICE AND REMOVAL PROCESS .— 12 |
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401 | 401 | | (A) E |
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402 | 402 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 13 |
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403 | 403 | | year after the date of enactment of this Act, a 14 |
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404 | 404 | | covered platform shall establish a process 15 |
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405 | 405 | | whereby an identifiable individual (or an au-16 |
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406 | 406 | | thorized person acting on behalf of such indi-17 |
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407 | 407 | | vidual) may— 18 |
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408 | 408 | | (i) notify the covered platform of an 19 |
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409 | 409 | | intimate visual depiction published on the 20 |
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410 | 410 | | covered platform that— 21 |
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411 | 411 | | (I) includes a depiction of the 22 |
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412 | 412 | | identifiable individual; and 23 |
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416 | 416 | | (II) was published without the 1 |
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417 | 417 | | consent of the identifiable individual; 2 |
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418 | 418 | | and 3 |
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419 | 419 | | (ii) submit a request for the covered 4 |
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420 | 420 | | platform to remove such intimate visual 5 |
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421 | 421 | | depiction. 6 |
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422 | 422 | | (B) R |
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423 | 423 | | EQUIREMENTS.—A notification and 7 |
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424 | 424 | | request for removal of an intimate visual depic-8 |
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425 | 425 | | tion submitted under the process established 9 |
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426 | 426 | | under subparagraph (A) shall include, in writ-10 |
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427 | 427 | | ing— 11 |
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428 | 428 | | (i) a physical or electronic signature 12 |
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429 | 429 | | of the identifiable individual (or an author-13 |
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430 | 430 | | ized person acting on behalf of such indi-14 |
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431 | 431 | | vidual); 15 |
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432 | 432 | | (ii) an identification of, and informa-16 |
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433 | 433 | | tion reasonably sufficient for the covered 17 |
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434 | 434 | | platform to locate, the intimate visual de-18 |
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435 | 435 | | piction of the identifiable individual; 19 |
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436 | 436 | | (iii) a brief statement that the identi-20 |
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437 | 437 | | fiable individual has a good faith belief 21 |
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438 | 438 | | that any intimate visual depiction identi-22 |
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439 | 439 | | fied under clause (ii) is not consensual, in-23 |
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440 | 440 | | cluding any relevant information for the 24 |
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441 | 441 | | covered platform to determine the intimate 25 |
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445 | 445 | | visual depiction was published without the 1 |
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446 | 446 | | consent of the identifiable individual; and 2 |
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447 | 447 | | (iv) information sufficient to enable 3 |
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448 | 448 | | the covered platform to contact the identi-4 |
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449 | 449 | | fiable individual (or an authorized person 5 |
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450 | 450 | | acting on behalf of such individual). 6 |
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451 | 451 | | (2) N |
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452 | 452 | | OTICE OF PROCESS.—A covered platform 7 |
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453 | 453 | | shall provide on the platform a clear and con-8 |
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454 | 454 | | spicuous notice, which may be provided through a 9 |
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455 | 455 | | clear and conspicuous link to another web page or 10 |
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456 | 456 | | disclosure, of the notice and removal process estab-11 |
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457 | 457 | | lished under paragraph (1)(A) that— 12 |
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458 | 458 | | (A) is easy to read and in plain language; 13 |
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459 | 459 | | and 14 |
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460 | 460 | | (B) provides information regarding the re-15 |
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461 | 461 | | sponsibilities of the covered platform under this 16 |
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462 | 462 | | section, including a description of how an indi-17 |
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463 | 463 | | vidual can submit a notification and request for 18 |
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464 | 464 | | removal. 19 |
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465 | 465 | | (3) R |
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466 | 466 | | EMOVAL OF NONCONSENSUAL INTIMATE 20 |
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467 | 467 | | VISUAL DEPICTIONS.—Upon receiving a valid re-21 |
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468 | 468 | | moval request from an identifiable individual (or an 22 |
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469 | 469 | | authorized person acting on behalf of such indi-23 |
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470 | 470 | | vidual) using the process described in paragraph 24 |
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471 | 471 | | (1)(A)(ii), a covered platform shall, as soon as pos-25 |
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475 | 475 | | sible, but not later than 48 hours after receiving 1 |
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476 | 476 | | such request— 2 |
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477 | 477 | | (A) remove the intimate visual depiction; 3 |
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478 | 478 | | and 4 |
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479 | 479 | | (B) make reasonable efforts to identify and 5 |
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480 | 480 | | remove any known identical copies of such de-6 |
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481 | 481 | | piction. 7 |
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482 | 482 | | (4) L |
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483 | 483 | | IMITATION ON LIABILITY.—A covered plat-8 |
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484 | 484 | | form shall not be liable for any claim based on the 9 |
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485 | 485 | | covered platform’s good faith disabling of access to, 10 |
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486 | 486 | | or removal of, material claimed to be a nonconsen-11 |
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487 | 487 | | sual intimate visual depiction based on facts or cir-12 |
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488 | 488 | | cumstances from which the unlawful publishing of 13 |
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489 | 489 | | an intimate visual depiction is apparent, regardless 14 |
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490 | 490 | | of whether the intimate visual depiction is ultimately 15 |
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491 | 491 | | determined to be unlawful or not. 16 |
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492 | 492 | | (b) E |
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493 | 493 | | NFORCEMENT BY THE COMMISSION.— 17 |
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494 | 494 | | (1) U |
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495 | 495 | | NFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC -18 |
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496 | 496 | | TICES.—A failure to reasonably comply with the no-19 |
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497 | 497 | | tice and takedown obligations under subsection (a) 20 |
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498 | 498 | | shall be treated as a violation of a rule defining an 21 |
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499 | 499 | | unfair or a deceptive act or practice under section 22 |
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500 | 500 | | 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commission Act 23 |
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501 | 501 | | (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)). 24 |
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502 | 502 | | (2) P |
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503 | 503 | | OWERS OF THE COMMISSION .— 25 |
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507 | 507 | | (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 1 |
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508 | 508 | | subparagraph (D), the Commission shall en-2 |
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509 | 509 | | force this section in the same manner, by the 3 |
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510 | 510 | | same means, and with the same jurisdiction, 4 |
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511 | 511 | | powers, and duties as though all applicable 5 |
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512 | 512 | | terms and provisions of the Federal Trade 6 |
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513 | 513 | | Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) were in-7 |
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514 | 514 | | corporated into and made a part of this section. 8 |
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515 | 515 | | (B) P |
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516 | 516 | | RIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES .—Any 9 |
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517 | 517 | | person who violates this section shall be subject 10 |
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518 | 518 | | to the penalties and entitled to the privileges 11 |
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519 | 519 | | and immunities provided in the Federal Trade 12 |
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520 | 520 | | Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.). 13 |
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521 | 521 | | (C) A |
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522 | 522 | | UTHORITY PRESERVED .—Nothing in 14 |
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523 | 523 | | this Act shall be construed to limit the author-15 |
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524 | 524 | | ity of the Federal Trade Commission under any 16 |
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525 | 525 | | other provision of law. 17 |
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526 | 526 | | (D) S |
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527 | 527 | | COPE OF JURISDICTION .—Notwith-18 |
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528 | 528 | | standing section 4, 5(a)(2), or 6 of the Federal 19 |
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529 | 529 | | Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44, 45(a)(2), 20 |
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530 | 530 | | 46), or any jurisdictional limitation of the Com-21 |
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531 | 531 | | mission, the Commission shall also enforce this 22 |
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532 | 532 | | section in the same manner provided in sub-23 |
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533 | 533 | | paragraph (A), with respect to organizations 24 |
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538 | 538 | | their own profit or that of their members. 2 |
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539 | 539 | | SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 3 |
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540 | 540 | | In this Act: 4 |
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541 | 541 | | (1) C |
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542 | 542 | | OMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 5 |
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543 | 543 | | means the Federal Trade Commission. 6 |
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544 | 544 | | (2) C |
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545 | 545 | | ONSENT; DIGITAL FORGERY; IDENTIFI-7 |
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546 | 546 | | ABLE INDIVIDUAL; INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION .— 8 |
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547 | 547 | | The terms ‘‘consent’’, ‘‘digital forgery’’, ‘‘identifiable 9 |
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548 | 548 | | individual’’, ‘‘intimate visual depiction’’, and 10 |
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549 | 549 | | ‘‘minor’’ have the meaning given such terms in sec-11 |
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550 | 550 | | tion 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 12 |
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551 | 551 | | U.S.C. 223), as added by section 2. 13 |
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552 | 552 | | (3) C |
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553 | 553 | | OVERED PLATFORM .— 14 |
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554 | 554 | | (A) I |
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555 | 555 | | N GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered 15 |
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556 | 556 | | platform’’ means a website, online service, on-16 |
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557 | 557 | | line application, or mobile application— 17 |
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558 | 558 | | (i) that serves the public; and 18 |
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559 | 559 | | (ii)(I) that primarily provides a forum 19 |
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560 | 560 | | for user-generated content, including mes-20 |
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561 | 561 | | sages, videos, images, games, and audio 21 |
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562 | 562 | | files; or 22 |
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563 | 563 | | (II) for which it is in the regular 23 |
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564 | 564 | | course of trade or business of the website, 24 |
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565 | 565 | | online service, online application, or mobile 25 |
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570 | 570 | | make available content of nonconsensual 2 |
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571 | 571 | | intimate visual depictions. 3 |
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572 | 572 | | (B) E |
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573 | 573 | | XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘covered 4 |
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574 | 574 | | platform’’ shall not include the following: 5 |
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575 | 575 | | (i) A provider of broadband internet 6 |
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576 | 576 | | access service (as described in section 7 |
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577 | 577 | | 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of Federal Regula-8 |
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578 | 578 | | tions, or successor regulation). 9 |
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579 | 579 | | (ii) Electronic mail. 10 |
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580 | 580 | | (iii) Except as provided in subpara-11 |
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581 | 581 | | graph (A)(ii)(II), an online service, appli-12 |
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582 | 582 | | cation, or website— 13 |
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583 | 583 | | (I) that consists primarily of con-14 |
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584 | 584 | | tent that is not user generated but is 15 |
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585 | 585 | | preselected by the provider of such on-16 |
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586 | 586 | | line service, application, or website; 17 |
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587 | 587 | | and 18 |
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588 | 588 | | (II) for which any chat, com-19 |
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589 | 589 | | ment, or interactive functionality is 20 |
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590 | 590 | | incidental to, directly related to, or 21 |
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591 | 591 | | dependent on the provision of the con-22 |
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592 | 592 | | tent described in subclause (I). 23 |
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597 | 597 | | If any provision of this Act, or an amendment made 2 |
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598 | 598 | | by this Act, is determined to be unenforceable or invalid, 3 |
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599 | 599 | | the remaining provisions of this Act and the amendments 4 |
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600 | 600 | | made by this Act shall not be affected. 5 |
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