FOSTA: The New Anti-Sex-Trafficking Legislation May Not End the Internet, But It’s Not Good Law Either
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-28-2018
Publisher
The Lawfare Institute
Language
en-US
Abstract
Amid the chaos of the last week, one of the most significant pieces of internet legislation of the last two decades went relatively unnoticed. Most people likely had no idea that Congress was moving full steam ahead on altering a law that some credit for “why we have the internet.” And so it did: On March 21, the Senate passed into law the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA).
Recommended Citation
Danielle K. Citron & Quinta Jurecic,
FOSTA: The New Anti-Sex-Trafficking Legislation May Not End the Internet, But It’s Not Good Law Either
,
in
Lawfare
(2018).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/shorter_works/34
Publisher URL
https://www.lawfareblog.com/fosta-new-anti-sex-trafficking-legislation-may-not-end-internet-its-not-good-law-either#