House Bill 8454
116th Congress(2019-2020)
EARN IT Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House on Sep 30, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
8454
Congress
116
Policy Area
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime and Law Enforcement
Primary focus of measure is criminal offenses, investigation and prosecution, procedure and sentencing; corrections and imprisonment; juvenile crime; law enforcement administration. Measures concerning terrorism may fall under Emergency Management or International Affairs policy areas.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
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.
September 30, 2020
09/30/2020
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.
09/30/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:44:51 PM