EARN IT Act of 2022
Summary
Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2022 or the EARN IT Act of 2022 This bill revises the federal framework governing the prevention of online sexual exploitation of children. The bill establishes the National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention. The commission must develop best practices for interactive computer services providers (e.g., Facebook and Twitter) to prevent, reduce, and respond to the online sexual exploitation of children. Additionally, the bill limits the liability protections of interactive computer service providers with respect to claims alleging violations of child sexual exploitation laws. The bill replaces various statutory references to child pornography and material that contains child pornography with child sexual abuse material . Finally, the bill makes changes to the reporting requirements for electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers (providers) who report apparent instances of crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Among the changes, the bill requires providers to report facts and circumstances sufficient to identify and locate each minor and each involved individual. The bill also increases the amount of time that providers must preserve the contents of a report.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 31, 2022
Last action Feb 10, 2022
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Full legislative history
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Committee
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Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 23 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Lindsey Graham
RRepublican
Co
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Chuck Grassley
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
Co
Jacky Rosen
DDemocratic
Co
John Cornyn
RRepublican
Co
John Kennedy
RRepublican
Co
Joni Ernst
RRepublican
Co
Josh Hawley
RRepublican
Co
Lisa Murkowski
RRepublican
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