User:Avery D Jensen/Online Safety Modernization Act of 2017

More about Online Safety Modernization Act – H.R.3067 — 115th Congress (2017-2018)

Endorsements:

• National District Attorneys Association [1]
• Cyber Civil Rights Association [2]
• Women's Media Center [3]
• National Network to End Domestic Violence [4]
• Facebook

Text of bill (LOC)

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3067

Introduced by Representatives Katherine Clark (D-MA), Susan Brooks (R-IN) and Patrick Meehan (R-PA)

Sources

• The Verge, "A new internet safety bill would ban swatting, doxxing, and sextortion all at once". https://www.theverge.com/2017/6/29/15888764/katherine-clark-online-safety-modernization-act-bill-announced

“$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022.” for “National Resource Center on Cybercrimes Against Individuals to provide resource information, training, and technical assistance to improve the capacity of…”

• Engadget: "Proposed bill would make doxxing a federal crime: It would also address swatting, revenge porn and sextortion". https://www.engadget.com/2017/06/29/online-safety-modernization-act-outlaws-doxxing-swatting/#comments

“The bill is supported by Facebook; it’s not clear what other tech or social media companies are on board.”

• http://www.newsweek.com/sextortion-new-bill-laws-doxxing-swatting-congress-federal-fbi-629478

• http://www.ubergizmo.com/2017/07/doxxing-soon-federal-crime/

• https://www.bustle.com/p/this-legislation-could-actually-protect-women-from-online-harassment-67837

• https://www.self.com/story/handmaids-capitol

• https://www.glamour.com/story/congresswoman-katherine-clark-fighting-back-online-harassment

• https://www.cnet.com/news/the-brutal-reality-of-online-hate/

• https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/opinion/swatting-fbi.html

See also

• Intimate Privacy Protection Act (2016 proposal)

• Danielle Citron (law professor and author specializing in cyber harassment, information privacy law, cyber law, administrative law, and civil rights) Twitter. ‏

• Kamala Harris "Kamala created the largest e-crime unit in the nation and a privacy enforcement and protection unit within the California Attorney General’s office." [5]

• Cyber Civil Rights Initiative [6]

• Soraya Chemaly Still Too Female @schemaly (Twitter)

• The New Yorker, "The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn: Carrie Goldberg is a pioneer in the field of sexual privacy, using the law to defend victims of hacking, leaking, and other online assaults". http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/12/05/the-attorney-fighting-revenge-porn

• U.S. Rep Katherine Clark (D-Mass) http://katherineclark.house.gov/index.cfm/2016/8/clark-proposals-to-combat-online-abuse Twitter

Powerpoint here.