18 U.S.C. § 2252B. Misleading domain names on the Internet
- (a)(a)Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the Internet with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
- (b)(b)Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the Internet with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
- (c)(c)For the purposes of this section, a domain name that includes a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site, such as “sex” or “porn”, is not misleading.
- (d)(d)
For the purposes of this section, the term “material that is harmful to minors” means any communication, consisting of nudity, sex, or excretion, that, taken as a whole and with reference to its context—
- (e)(e)For the purposes of subsection (d), the term “sex” means acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, or physcial 1 contact with a person’s genitals, or the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
(Added Pub. L. 108–21, title V, § 521(a), Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 686; amended Pub. L. 109–248, title II, § 206(b)(4), July 27, 2006, 120 Stat. 614.)
Amendments
2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–248 substituted “10 years” for “4 years”.