{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s2252C","title_num":"18","num":"§ 2252C.","heading":"Misleading words or digital images on the Internet","status":null,"guid":"idbd99c594-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 109–248, title VII, § 703(a), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 648.)","seq_in_title":797,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch110","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch110","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 110—","heading":"SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"idd3b567fd-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2252C\"><num value=\"2252C\">§ 2252C.</num><heading> Misleading words or digital images on the Internet</heading><subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"idd3b58f0e-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2252C/a\"><num value=\"a\">(a)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>Whoever knowingly embeds words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not more than 10 years.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"idd3b58f0f-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2252C/b\"><num value=\"b\">(b)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Minors</inline>.—</heading><content>Whoever knowingly embeds words or digital images into the source code of a website with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title and imprisoned for not more than 20 years.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"idd3b58f10-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2252C/c\"><num value=\"c\">(c)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Construction</inline>.—</heading><content>For the purposes of this section, a word or digital image that clearly indicates the sexual content of the site, such as “sex” or “porn”, is not misleading.</content>\n</subsection>\n<subsection style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\" id=\"idd3b58f11-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2252C/d\"><num value=\"d\">(d)</num><heading> <inline class=\"small-caps\">Definitions</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>As used in this section—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"idd3b58f12-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2252C/d/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> the terms “material that is harmful to minors” and “sex” have the meaning given such terms in section 2252B; and</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"idd3b58f13-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s2252C/d/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> the term “source code” means the combination of text and other characters comprising the content, both viewable and nonviewable, of a web page, including any website publishing language, programming language, protocol or functional content, as well as any successor languages or protocols.</content>\n</paragraph>\n</subsection>\n<sourceCredit id=\"idd3b58f14-b211-11e9-bc44-d051d0f40dfd\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/109/248/tVII/s703/a\">Pub. L. 109–248, title VII, § 703(a)</ref>, <date date=\"2006-07-27\">July 27, 2006</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/120/648\">120 Stat. 648</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-33","currency_date":"2019-07-25","congress":116,"law_num":33,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":178,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["12","18","26","28","34","38","40","44"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}