NJ ACR130

Urges Congress to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 to allow state and local governments to enforce criminal statutes against online platforms that facilitate child sexual exploitation and prostitution

Cites federal court rulings in Washington, Tennessee, and New Jersey that struck down state laws criminalizing advertising of sexual abuse of minors, based on CDA preemption of state law

References the 2013 injunction against portions of New Jersey's Human Trafficking Prevention, Protection, and Treatment Act (N.J.S.A. 2C:13-10) that criminalized publishing advertisements for commercial sexual abuse of minors

Proposes specific amendment language to 47 U.S.C. section 230(e)(1) adding "or any other Federal or State criminal statute" to the list of laws not impaired by CDA immunity

Notes the National Association of Attorneys General submitted a July 23, 2013 request to Congress for this same jurisdictional change