S. 3398 · 116th Congress
EARN IT Act of 2020
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Lindsey Graham
- Introduced
- 2020-03-05
- Latest action
- 2020-07-20 · Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Graham with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
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 services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent the online sexual exploitation of children, limits the liability protections of online service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws, and replaces statutory references to child pornography with child sexual abuse material.