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type: "LegalText"
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title: "18 U.S.C. § 2252B"
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description: "Misleading domain names on the Internet"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 18
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title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
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chapter_number: "110"
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chapter_name: "SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND OTHER ABUSE OF CHILDREN"
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section: "2252B"
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citation: "18 U.S.C. § 2252B"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 2252B - Misleading domain names on the Internet
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## Text
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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—
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(1) predominantly appeals to a prurient interest of minors;
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(2) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and
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(3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
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(e) For the purposes of subsection (d), the term “sex” means acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, or physcial 11 So in original. Probably should be “physical”. contact with a person’s genitals, or the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.
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(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.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2006—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–248 substituted “10 years” for “4 years”.
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