116-hr-8454116th Congress

EARN IT Act of 2020

Sponsored By: Representative Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]

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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.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]

TX • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2]

    MO • R

    Sponsored 9/30/2020

  • Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 10/27/2020

  • Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]

    CO • R

    Sponsored 10/30/2020

  • Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 11/9/2020

  • Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4]

    UT • D

    Sponsored 12/2/2020

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