{"id":15930,"date":"2022-12-20T10:58:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=15930"},"modified":"2022-12-20T11:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T16:00:06","slug":"breaking-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-children-from-online-predators-sexual-exploitation-passes-u-s-senate","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/breaking-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-children-from-online-predators-sexual-exploitation-passes-u-s-senate\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>BREAKING: Sen. Ossoff\u2019s Bipartisan Bill to Protect Children from Online Predators &amp; Sexual Exploitation Passes U.S. Senate<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Bipartisan bill will strengthen Federal protections against sexual abuse of children, including online exploitation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Just this week, the FBI &amp; DOJ&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/12\/19\/fbi-doj-sexplotation-minors-00074571\"><em>warned<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;of rise of sextortion cases targeting teens<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;<\/strong>U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill to protect children from online predators and sexual exploitation passed the U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sens. Ossoff\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act of 2022<\/em>&nbsp;with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) will strengthen Federal protections against the sexual abuse of children, including online exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParents across Georgia are increasingly worried about online sexual predators who are targeting children. I brought Republicans and Democrats together to keep kids safer online and&nbsp;<a>crack down on predators and abusers to the fullest extent<\/a>&nbsp;of the law,\u201d&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bipartisan bill will strengthen Federal laws to specifically&nbsp;provide protection against abusers who coerce children into sexual activity online, such as through messaging platforms or webcams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, the FBI and Justice Department&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/12\/19\/fbi-doj-sexplotation-minors-00074571\">warned<\/a>&nbsp;of a \u201csignificant uptick\u201d in sextortion cases nationwide where minors are coerced into sending sexually explicit photos and then exploited for money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bipartisan\u00a0<em>Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act of 2022\u00a0<\/em>is endorsed by leading child protection and law enforcement organizations, including the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC); International Center for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC); National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE); National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys; Rights4Girls; Stop Child Predators; and the Keep Kids Safe Movement.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bipartisan bill will strengthen Federal protections against sexual abuse of children, including online exploitation Just this week, the FBI &amp; DOJ&nbsp;warned&nbsp;of rise of sextortion cases targeting teens Washington, D.C. \u2014&nbsp;U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan bill to protect children from online predators and sexual exploitation passed the U.S. Senate. Sens. Ossoff\u2019s&nbsp;Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act of [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15930","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/15930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/15930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15934,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/15930\/revisions\/15934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}