Tech Firms Called to Support Change in Internet Law So Child
Sex Trafficking Websites Can Be Held Accountable
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Craigslist has pulled all personal ads after the US passed a
sex trafficking bill making
websites more liable for people misusing ads, Axios reports.
In its release describing the initiative, the Attorney General's office cited examples of pimps and
sex trafficking rings who posted pictures of minors on
websites like Backpage and Craigslist, describing the practice as «modern day slavery.»
With such lack of accountability it is not surprising that Alphabet contributed substantial funds to the tech lobbying groups who are opposing federal legislative efforts to give additional options to prosecutors and civil trial lawyers to fight
websites like Backpage (child
sex trafficking) and prevent them from flourishing.
On March 21, a bill to limit a
website's immunity for content when it knowingly facilitates
sex trafficking passed Congress — one of the first impositions of liability for online platforms as the U.S. debates their responsibility for what users post.
Section 230 is particularly controversial at the present time because it has been used to provide immunity to
websites such as Backpage.com that have been accused of promoting
sex trafficking on their sites.
Advocates and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. are calling on the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that would allow prosecution of
websites such as Backpage that facilitate
sex trafficking.
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The purpose of these sections, and the bill in general, is to add an exemption to section 230 of the «Communications Decency Act of 1996» for
websites that promote or facilitate prostitution or
sex trafficking.
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Sex - trafficking victims, prosecutors and state attorneys will be able to sue websites that host ads and content linked to the sex trade under the bill the House has just approv
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trafficking victims, prosecutors and state attorneys will be able to sue
websites that host ads and content linked to the
sex trade under the bill the House has just approv
sex trade under the bill the House has just approved.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. told The Washington Post: «The ability to hold
websites criminally liable for facilitating
sex trafficking or the exploitation of children would be transformative in the fight against human
trafficking.
It was filed by Rep. Ann Wagner (pictured above) to target
websites like Backpage, which hosts
sex and child
trafficking ads.
Touted as anti-
sex trafficking legislation, the bill would impose criminal sanctions on
websites that host loosely defined
sex trafficking and
sex work content.
Lawmakers are investigating the
website due to allegations that it allows child
sex -
trafficking ads to go through.
In February, the House of Representatives passed a bill that carves out an exemption in the law, making
websites liable if they aid and abet
sex trafficking.
The bill means
websites will be held liable for hosting
sex trafficking content.
Viewed narrowly, the bill allows victims of
sex trafficking to sue
websites that «enable» their abuse, but it raises a dangerous precedent for suing
websites over user - generated content.
It will also make it easier for victims of
sex trafficking and prosecutors to sue companies that fail to keep exploitative content from their
websites.
SESTA aims to halt
sex trafficking, particularly of children, by restricting what kind of information can be posted on
websites like Backpage, where people often advertise sexual services.
The classifieds
website has been the focus of intense scrutiny over the issue of its
sex ads, which have included those involving children being
trafficked by adults.
EFF opposes the Senate's Stop Enabling
Sex Traffickers Act (S. 1693)(«SESTA»), and its House counterpart the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online
Sex Trafficking Act (H.R. 1865), because they would open up liability for Internet intermediaries — the ISPs, web hosting companies,
websites, and social media platforms that enable users to share and access content online — by amending Section 230's immunity for user - generated content (47 U.S.C. § 230).
James Martin / CNET The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved legislation intended to curb online
sex trafficking by holding
website operators more accountable for their users» activities.
A new bill in the US which could punish
websites for «facilitating» prostitution and
sex trafficking has prompted classified ads
website Craigslist to close its dating ads section in the country.