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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · CyberTipline Modernization Act of 2018 · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. USE TO COMBAT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OF TECHNICAL ELEMENTS RELATING TO REPORTS MADE TO CYBERTIPLINE

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## SEC. 4 USE TO COMBAT CHILD PORNOGRAPHY OF TECHNICAL ELEMENTS RELATING TO REPORTS MADE TO CYBERTIPLINE Section 2258C of title 18, United States Code, is amended— ####
(1)in the heading, by striking “to images reported to” and inserting “to reports made to”; ####
(2)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)in paragraph (1)— ######
(i)by striking “The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children” and inserting “NCMEC”; ######
(ii)by striking “apparent child pornography image of an identified child” and inserting “CyberTipline report”; ######
(iii)by striking “an electronic communication service provider or a remote computing service provider” and inserting “a provider”; ######
(iv)by striking “that electronic communication service provider or remote computing service provider” and inserting “that provider”; and ######
(v)by striking “further transmission of images” and inserting “online sexual exploitation of children”; #####
(B)in paragraph (2), by striking “specific image, Internet location of images, and other technological elements that can be used to identify and stop the transmission of child pornography” and inserting “specific visual depiction, including an Internet location and any other elements provided in a CyberTipline report that can be used to 132 STAT. 5293 identify, prevent, curtail, or stop the transmission of child pornography and prevent the online sexual exploitation of children”; and #####
(C)in paragraph (3), by striking “actual images” and inserting “actual visual depictions of apparent child pornography”; ####
(3)in subsection (b)— #####
(A)in the heading, by striking “Electronic Communication Service Providers and Remote Computing Service Providers” and inserting “Providers”; #####
(B)by striking “electronic communication service provider or remote computing service provider” each place it appears and inserting “provider”; #####
(C)by striking “apparent child pornography image of an identified child from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children” and inserting “CyberTipline report from NCMEC”; #####
(D)by striking “shall not relieve that” and inserting “shall not relieve the”; and #####
(E)by striking “its reporting obligations” and inserting “reporting”; ####
(4)in subsection (c)— #####
(A)by striking “electronic communication service providers or remote computing service providers” and inserting “providers”; #####
(B)by striking “apparent child pornography image of an identified child from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children” and inserting “CyberTipline report from NCMEC”; and #####
(C)by striking “further transmission of the images” and inserting “online sexual exploitation of children”; ####
(5)in subsection (d)— #####
(A)by striking “The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shall” and inserting “NCMEC may”; #####
(B)by inserting after “local law enforcement” the following: “, and to foreign law enforcement agencies described in section 2258A(c)(3),”; #####
(C)by striking “investigation of child pornography” and inserting “investigation of child sexual exploitation”; #####
(D)by striking “image of an identified child” and inserting “visual depiction”; and #####
(E)by striking “reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children” and inserting “reported to the CyberTipline”; and ####
(6)in subsection (e)— #####
(A)by inserting before “Federal” the following: “foreign,”; #####
(B)by striking “image of an identified child from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children under section (d)” and inserting “visual depiction from NCMEC under subsection (d)”; #####
(C)by striking “child pornography crimes” and inserting “child sexual exploitation crimes,”; and #####
(D)by inserting before the period at the end the following: “and prevent future sexual victimization of children”.
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