Amendment108th Congress
Amendment makes it a criminal act to knowingly use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a person into viewing obscenity on the Internet or knowingly deceive a minor into viewing material on the Internet that is harmful to minors.
- Amendment Number
- 18
- Description
- Amendment makes it a criminal act to knowingly use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a person into viewing obscenity on the Internet or knowingly deceive a minor into viewing material on the Internet that is harmful to minors.
- Purpose
- An amendment numbered 1 printed in House Report 108-48 to make it a criminal act to knowingly use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a person into viewing obscenity on the Internet. The amendment also makes it a criminal act to knowingly use a misleading domain name with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material on the Internet that is harmful to minors. A domain name that includes a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site is not considered misleading.
- Congress
- 108
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Mar 27, 2003
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Pence amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 11:41:24
- Submitted Date
- Mar 27, 2003
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Sep 29, 2021