The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill Thursday which is intended to curb the spread of child sexual material online, but has drawn the ire of privacy advocates and tech groups.
The EARN IT Act, led by Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal, would make liability protections under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act contingent on companies adequately following “best practices” for online platforms regarding the prevention of online child exploitation conduct. These practices would be determined by a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention, which would also be established by the bill.
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