Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 2023 (National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention)

Establishes a National Commission on Online Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention and tasks the Commission with developing best practices for interactive computer service providers.

  • Authority: United States Congress
  • Parent authority: Federal government
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. federal laws
  • Most recent activity: Defunct
  • Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

  • Exposure to toxic content
  • Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
  • Governance failure

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

  • Compromise of privacy
  • AI system security vulnerabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal to good coverage of approximately 4-5 subdomains, with primary focus on toxic content exposure (1.2), malicious actors using AI for fraud and exploitation (4.3), governance structures (6.5), and potentially privacy concerns (2.1). The document is narrowly focused on child sexual exploitation prevention rather than broader AI risks.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

  • Information

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

  • Health Care & Social Assistance
  • Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector, specifically interactive computer services (social media platforms, messaging services, online platforms). It establishes best practices for providers of these services to prevent online child sexual exploitation.

Legislative Status

Soft Law

Legislative Status Summary

This document establishes a commission to develop recommended best practices that providers may choose to implement, indicating voluntary rather than mandatory compliance. The language emphasizes recommendations and choice rather than binding obligations.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The document is an Act of Congress establishing a National Commission, indicating Congress as the proposing authority.

Target

  • Entity Types: AI_Deployer
  • Summary: The document explicitly targets providers of interactive computer services who may choose to implement the recommended best practices for preventing online child sexual exploitation.

Enforcer

  • Summary: The document does not establish enforcement mechanisms as it creates voluntary best practices rather than binding obligations. No enforcement body or procedures are specified.

Monitor

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The Commission is established to develop and presumably oversee the implementation of best practices, with federal agency heads serving as members.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

  • Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not explicitly address specific AI lifecycle stages. It focuses on establishing a commission to develop best practices for interactive computer services, without detailing technical development, deployment, or monitoring processes for AI systems specifically.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions artificial intelligence only once in the context of required expertise for Commission members. It does not define or extensively discuss AI models, systems, or specific AI technologies. The focus is on interactive computer services broadly rather than AI-specific governance.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1207
https://agora.eto.tech/instrument/914
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