February 10, 2026
PRESS STATEMENT: Safer Internet Day Should Bring Congressional Action to Protect Kids Online
WASHINGTON, DC (February 10, 2026) – On Safer Internet Day (February 10), Enough Is Enough® (EIE) encourages Congress to pass the ECCHO Act (S. 3397), the Stop Sextortion Act (S. 3398), and the SAFE Act, all of which are being marked up by the Senate Judiciary Committee this week.
These bills, introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), are designed “to address online child abuse by updating federal sentencing laws, targeting online criminal networks, and cracking down on offenders who use child sexual abuse material to extort and coerce children.”
“Children are being targeted, groomed, and exploited by predators who seek them on social media, gaming, and other tech platforms. The FBI is warning about an online group called 764 that is targeting children online, demanding victims send them photos that are then used to extort them. The three bills introduced by Sens. Grassley and Durbin will confront these grave threats to children online,” said Donna Rice Hughes, President and CEO, Enough Is Enough®.
“Congress should pass these three pieces of legislation to ensure our laws catch up with the criminality happening to our children online,” Hughes said.
The Ending Coercion of Children and Harm Online Act (ECCHO) would create a new crime that prohibits individuals from coercing children into physically harming themselves, others or animals. The Stop Sextortion Act would target offenders who threaten to distribute CSAM to intimidate, extort, or coerce children. The bill would increase the maximum penalty for these offenses from 5 to 10 years. The Sentencing Accountability for Exploitation Act (SAFE) would repeal outdated sentencing laws and require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to develop a new CSAM sentencing guideline that accounts for modern indicators of especially dangerous conduct.
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