Stories tagged with: prostitution

• Bipartisan anti-sex trafficking bill passes House

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, February 28, 2018 (4 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Sex advertising websites and their users would face penalties for sex trafficking under a bill passed by the U.S. House Feb. 27, amending a law that had shielded such offenders. Similar legislation is pending in the Senate.

  A bipartisan group of 388 legislators passed H.R. 1865, termed the "Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (FOSTA)," to amend Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934. Section 230 had limited the legal liability of interactive computer service providers or users for content they publish that was created by others, according to a summary at Congress.gov. Read More

• Online sex crimes loophole removal nears House vote

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (4 years ago)

  

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  WASHINGTON (BP) -- A legal loophole that has shielded sex advertising websites and their users from prosecution may be reversed after the U.S. House of Representatives heard arguments today (Feb. 27).

  A bipartisan bill, hailed by such advocates as the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE), would amend Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934. Classified advertising website Backpage.com and its users have used the act to avoid federal and state prosecution over interactive computer services related to child sexual exploitation and sex trafficking, according to the bill's supporters. Read More