3.0.0 4991 2023-09-01T18:15:24Z 2023-09-01T18:15:24Z Senate S 2022-09-28 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-09-28T21:24:54Z 2022-09-28 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N Law Law 00 2022-09-28 Introduced in Senate 2023-09-01T18:10:28Z Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking Act of 2022 or the PROTECT Act

This bill addresses the online distribution of child sexual abuse materials and the nonconsensual online distribution of pornography, including by requiring platforms to (1) verify the identity and age of the uploader; (2) verify the identity, age, and consent of the participants; and (3) establish a mechanism for the removal of an image. The bill establishes criminal and civil penalties for violations.

]]> PROTECT Act Display Title PROTECT Act Short Title(s) as Introduced PROTECT Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent the distribution of intimate visual depictions without consent. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s4991is/xml/BILLS-117s4991is.xml 2022-09-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.