Grief claws at your heart as you tell the attorney your daughter’s story. It’s hard enough to explain how your 12-year-old daughter was raped. It’s harder still to explain how a video of the rape was posted to a social media site. But the part which finally causes hot, angry tears to start spilling over your cheeks is when you tell the attorney of how you reported the video to the social media company and they refused to take it down. The attorney's face is grim as she responds. “I’ll do my best to help you. But I have to warn you that I can’t promise success. You see, there’s an ambiguity in the law. It's often been interpreted to mean that online platforms can’t be held liable for third-party uploaded content, even in a case like this.” *** Does this seem unfair?? We think so too! That's why we're fighting to pass the EARN IT Act, which would allow child sexual abuse survivors to hold internet platforms accountable for knowingly disseminating videos and images of their abuse. Learn more about the EARN IT ACT, which was recently reintroduced in the Senate and the House, here. |