The Earn It Act Will Finally Hold Big Tech Accountable...Your Help Needed today!
 

WHAT IS THE "EARN IT ACT?"

The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act (EARN IT Act of 2022, S. 3538) was introduced Monday in the Senate. This critical, bipartisan legislation holds electronic service providers responsible if they do nothing to keep kids safe, requiring them to “earn” immunity by demonstrating accountability and responsibility. 

The EARN It Act:

• Removes immunity for social media and technology companies that knowingly facilitate the distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) on their platforms.
• Updates existing federal statutes to use the term child sexual abuse material (CSAM) instead of child pornography. The term child pornography fails to describe the true nature of the images and undermines the seriousness of the abuse.
• Establishes a commission of survivors, technology representatives, and government stakeholders to create recommendations and voluntary best practices for tech companies to respond to the global pandemic of online sexual exploitation of children.
•  (See our Press Statement Here).

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT CONGRESS PASS THIS LEGISLATION?

• Due to increased use of technology by children during the pandemic, and the ease of facilitating exploitation online, offenders are growing bolder, resulting in one of the biggest challenges ever faced. 
• In 2021, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) received more than 29.3 million (up 35% over 2020) CyberTipline reports containing over 84.9 million images, videos, and other content related to suspected child sexual exploitation (up 29.8% over 2020).
• Prior to the pandemic, CSAM had already exploded: A 2019 New York Times investigation piece, “The Internet is Overrun with Images of Child Sexual Abuse. What Went Wrong?” revealed in 2018, tech companies reported over 45 million online photos and videos of children being sexually abused — more than double what they found the previous year.

HOW CAN YOU HELP PROTECT KIDS ON THE INTERNET RIGHT NOW?

• Click here to Contact your Representatives and urge them to support the EARN IT Act. 
• Forward this information to your friends, family and co-workers and urge them to contact their Senator and Representative! 
• Visit our Internet Safety 101^® website to get all the tools, safety advice and resources you'll need to keep your child safer on the internet.
• Use the hashtags #endchildabuseonline, #detect2protect and #protectkidsonline on social media!
• Help FUND THE FIGHT now by making a gift to Enough Is Enough^® that will enable us to fight this fight until the safety of children online is a number one priority among all electronic service providers!