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CITE

    18 USC Sec. 2252C                                           01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 110 - SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN

HEAD

    Sec. 2252C. Misleading words or digital images on the Internet

STATUTE

      (a) In General. - 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.
      (b) Minors. - 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.
      (c) Construction. - 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.
      (d) Definitions. - As used in this section -
        (1) the terms "material that is harmful to minors" and "sex"
      have the meaning given such terms in section 2252B; and
        (2) 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.

SOURCE

    (Added Pub. L. 109-248, title VII, Sec. 703(a), July 27, 2006, 120
    Stat. 648.)