S.436 - Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth Act of 2009

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect youth from exploitation by adults using the Internet, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect youth from exploitation by adults using the Internet, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today’s Youth Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Short: Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Short: SAFETY Act as introduced.

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This bill and its House equivalent, H.R.1076, seek to increase penalties for processing Internet materials relating to child exploitation. More controversially, they would also require Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) to retain certain user records for a minimum of two years. While few protest restrictions on child pornography, privacy advocates have taken issue with this data retention requirement (see Sec.5).
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2/13/2009--Introduced.Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 or the SAFETY Act - Amends the federal criminal code to: (1) prohibit financial transactions in interstate or foreign commerce that facilitate access to, or the possession of, chi

Official Summary

2/13/2009--Introduced.Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act of 2009 or the SAFETY Act - Amends the federal criminal code to:
(1) prohibit financial transactions in interstate or foreign commerce that facilitate access to, or the possession of, child pornography;
(2) prohibit conduct by an Internet content hosting provider or email service provider that facilitates access to, or the possession of, child pornography;
(3) require providers of electronic communication or remote computing services to retain certain user records for at least two years;
(4) establish certain child sexual exploitation crimes as a predicate for money laundering prosecutions;
(5) increase criminal penalties for sexual exploitation of children and for child pornography; and
(6) establish embezzlement or theft of public property and bribery as predicates for racketeering prosecutions.Authorizes appropriations for FY2010-FY2014 for the Innocent Images National Initiative.

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02/22/09
Senators cry 'child abuse' as they seek to dismantle the Net

...the “Internet SAFETY Act” (otherwise known as S.436 and HR.1076 reallyabout stopping online child abuse? Or is it a way to give copyright holders what they have long been crying for: a legal requirement that ISPs retain user data forever? [The RIAA

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02/22/09
Senate to ISPs, Anyone with Wi-Fi: Keep Access Logs to Save the ...

... SAFETY Act is actually two companion pieces of legislation – one working its way through the Senate as S.436, and the other through the House as HR1076. ...

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02/22/09
Senators cry ‘child abuse’ as they seek to dismantle the Net

Is the “Internet SAFETY Act” (otherwise known as S.436 and HR.1076 reallyabout stopping online child abuse? Or is it a way to give copyright holders what ...

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12/28/10
Erlischt die Zulassung wenn ein Schneeschild montiert wird?

Beispielkatalog über die Absicherung verkehrsgefährdender Teile an Fahrzeugen der Land- und Forstwirtschaft, VkBl 1985, S. 436 ff.). Teile, die in einer Höhe von mehr als 2 m über der Fahrbahn angebracht sind, gelten nicht als ...

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12/27/10
Nationale und sozialistische Kameradschaft Hamm - Zitate aus “Die ...

(S. 436 f.) Ich will nichts verharmlosen und schönreden. Es kann sogar ein Schauer überkommen bei der Perspektive auf eine globale Entwicklung, anderen Ende das biologische Ende des „weißen Mannes“ stünde. (S. 446 f.) Anmerkungen: ...

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12/21/10
Help Live: [MedicalConspiracies] Being surveilled

The Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth (SAFETY) Act of 2009 also known as H.R. 1076 and S.436 would require providers of "electronic communication or remote computing services" to "retain for a ...

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