18 U.S.C. § 2421A
Promotion or facilitation of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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- 18 U.S.C. § 2421A, Promotion or facilitation of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/449639
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Whoever, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (as such term is defined in defined in 1 section 230(f) the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f))), or conspires or attempts to do so, with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person and—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017