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Online Safety Legislation Map

This map shows some of the online safety bills and legislation that has been introduced across the country. Please note that not all bills are listed, and some states have more than one. 

Digital Wellness and Mental Health

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  • CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey | Data Summary & Trends Report
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Social Media Comparison: The Effect on Mental Health (Medscape)
  • Emergency Department Visits for Suspected Suicide Attempts Among Persons Aged 12–25 Years Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, January 2019–May 2021 (CDC)
  • Global Youth Depression and Anxiety Doubled During Pandemic (Medscape)
Digital Wellness and Mental Health
  • Safe to Compete - An Introduction to Sound Practices for Keeping Children Safe in Youth-serving Organizations (NCMEC)
  • Helping Families Prevent Child Sexual Exploitation (NCMEC)
  • Missing Children, State Care, and Child Sex Trafficking (NCMEC)
  • Missing-Child, Emergency-Response, Quick-Reference Guide for Families (NCMEC)
  • Helping Schools and Communities Prevent Child Sexual Exploitation (NCMEC)
  • Self-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material: Youth Attitudes and Experiences in 2020 (Thorn)
  • Responding to Online Threats: Minors’ Perspectives on Disclosing, Reporting and Blocking (Thorn)
  • Survivor Insights: The Role of Technology in Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking (Thorn)
  • Production and Active Trading of Child Sexual Exploitation Images Depicting Identified Victims (Thorn)
  • Sextortion Summary findings from a 2017 survey of 2,097 survivors (Thorn)
  • Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis For Professionals Investigating the Sexual Exploitation of Children (NCMEC, FBI)
  • COPPA - A Survey on Compliance, 2004 (FTC)
U.S. Code Legal Library
  • 8 USC 1232: Enhancing efforts to combat the trafficking of children
  • 15 USC Ch. 91: CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION
  • 15 USC 6501: Definitions CHAPTER 91-CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION
  • 18 USC 1591: Sex trafficking of children or by force, fraud, or coercion
  • 18 USC 2251: Sexual exploitation of children
  • 18 USC 2252: Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors
  • 18 USC 2252B: Misleading domain names on the Internet
  • 18 USC 2252C: Misleading words or digital images on the Internet
  • 18 USC 2258D: Limited liability for NCMEC
  • 18 USC 2259A: Assessments in child pornography cases
  • 18 USC 2260: Production of sexually explicit depictions of a minor for importation into the United States
  • 18 USC 2422: Coercion and enticement
  • 18 USC 2423: Transportation of minors
  • 18 USC 2425: Use of interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor
  • 18 USC 2427: Inclusion of offenses relating to child pornography in definition of sexual activity for which any person can be charged with a criminal offense
  • 18 USC Ch. 110: SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN
Nebraska Legal Library
  • 28-311. Criminal child enticement; attempt; penalties.
  • 28-311.01. Terroristic threats; penalty.
  • 28-311.02. Stalking and harassment; legislative intent; terms, defined.
  • 28-311.08. Unlawful intrusion; photograph, film, or record image or video of intimate area; distribute or make public; penalty; court; duties; registration under Sex Offender Registration Act; statute of limitations.
  • 28-319.01. Sexual assault of a child; first degree; penalty.
  • 28-320.01.Sexual assault of a child; second or third degree; penalties.
  • 28-320.02. Sexual assault; use of electronic communication device; prohibited acts; penalties.
  • 28-707. Child abuse; privileges not available; penalties.
  • 28-709. Contributing to the delinquency of a child; penalty; definitions.
  • 28-710. Act, how cited; terms, defined.
  • 28-711. Child subjected to abuse or neglect; report; contents; toll-free number.
  • 28-713. Reports of child abuse or neglect; law enforcement agency; department; duties; rules and regulations.
  • 28-716. Person participating in an investigation or making report; immune from liability; civil or criminal.
  • 28-717. Violation; penalty.
  • 28-728. Legislative findings and intent; child abuse and neglect investigation team; child advocacy center; child abuse and neglect treatment team; powers and duties.
  • 28-730. Records and information; access; disclosure; limitation; review of cases; immunity; violation; penalty.
  • 28-813. Obscene literature or material; prepares; distributes; promotes; penalty.
  • 28-813.01. Sexually explicit conduct; visual depiction; unlawful; penalty; affirmative defense; forfeiture of property.
  • 28-830. Human trafficking; forced labor or services; terms, defined.
  • 28-831. Human trafficking; labor trafficking or sex trafficking; labor trafficking of a minor or sex trafficking of a minor; prohibited acts; penalties.
  • 28-833. Enticement by electronic communication device; penalty.
  • 28-1463.03. Visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct; prohibited acts.
  • 28-1463.04. Violation; penalty.
  • 28-1463.05. Visual depiction of sexually explicit acts related to possession; violation; penalty.
  • 79-875. Student teacher or intern, defined.
  • 79-879. Policy regarding appropriate relationships with students; contents.