Immunity for computer service providers

(a) Telecommunications service providers, wireless service providers, and providers of information services, including, but not limited to Internet service providers and hosting service providers, shall not be liable under this chapter by virtue of the transmission, storage, or caching of electronic communications or messages of others or by virtue of the provision of other related telecommunications or information services used by others in violation of this chapter. (b) No provider of an interactive computer service shall be liable under this chapter for: (1) Identifying, removing, disabling, blocking, or otherwise affecting a user based upon a good faith belief that user’s e-mail address, username, or other similar Internet identifier appeared in the National Sex Offender Registry or the state sexual offender registry; or (2) Failing to identify, block, or otherwise prevent a person from registering for an interactive computer service or failing to remove, disable, or otherwise affect a registered user whose e-mail address, username, or other similar Internet identifier appeared in the National Sex Offender Registry or the state sexual offender registry. History. — Code 1981, § 39-5-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 810, § 2/SB 474. 39-5-4. Report of certain information; failure to report required information; penalties. (a) An interactive computer service doing business in this state that obtains knowledge of facts or circumstances from which a violation of any law of this state prohibiting child pornography is apparent shall make a report, as soon as reasonably possible, of such facts and circumstances to the Cyber Tipline at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. (b) Any interactive computer service that knowingly and willfully violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a second or subsequent conviction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature. History. — Code 1981, § 39-5-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 810, § 2/SB 474. 685 Index A ABANDONMENT. Code of military justice. Trading or looting of captured or abandoned property, §38-2-1103. ABODE. School attendance. Domicile, §39-1-1. ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE, §38-2-1086. Militia.