House Passes Legislation to Penalize Websites for Sex Trafficking (XBIZ)

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives today passed H.R. 1865, a piece of legislation known as FOSTA, which would make it easier to penalize operators of sites that facilitate online sex trafficking.

The bill now goes to the Senate where it has good prospects of becoming law. The Senate already has passed a similar version out of committee.

The House, 388-25, overwhelmingly approved the bill, officially titled the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which has unleashed an unprecedented push toward internet censorship and likely will do nothing to fight sex traffickers.