{"id":11282,"date":"2023-07-25T16:09:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11282"},"modified":"2023-07-25T16:09:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T16:09:40","slug":"appeals-court-upholds-but-narrows-sex-trafficking-statute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=11282","title":{"rendered":"Appeals court upholds but narrows sex-trafficking statute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\n\n&#8220;The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cadc.uscourts.gov\/internet\/opinions.nsf\/EB820C51595100D6852589E50054A365\/$file\/22-5105-2006738.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ruled<\/a>..that language in the 2018 Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act \u2014 better known as FOSTA \u2014 is not unconstitutionally vague and doesn\u2019t violate free-speech rights.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the court said it would interpret the threat of criminal punishment for the use of computer services in a manner \u201cfacilitating\u201d or \u201cassisting\u201d prostitution to apply as longer-standing statutes traditionally do, to people \u201caiding and abetting\u201d such crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe therefore hold that [FOSTA\u2019s] mental state requirement does not reach the intent to engage in general advocacy about prostitution, or to give advice to sex workers generally to protect them from abuse,\u201d Judge Patricia Millett wrote, joined by Judges Harry Edwards and Justin Walker. \u201cNor would it cover the intent to preserve for historical purposes webpages that discuss prostitution. Instead, it reaches a person\u2019s intent to aid or abet the prostitution of another person.\u201d&nbsp;Millett conceded that the language could be seen as encompassing all sorts of conduct that arguably promotes or encourages prostitution. But she said the more limited reading was justified in this instance.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/07\/court-upholds-fosta-first-amendment-00105260\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/07\/07\/court-upholds-fosta-first-amendment-00105260<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled..that language in the 2018 Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act \u2014 better known as FOSTA \u2014 is not unconstitutionally vague and doesn\u2019t violate free-speech rights.<\/p>\n<p>However, the court said it would interpret the threat of criminal punishment for the use of computer services in a manner \u201cfacilitating\u201d or \u201cassisting\u201d prostitution to apply as longer-standing statutes traditionally do, to people \u201caiding and abetting\u201d such crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe therefore hold that [FOSTA\u2019s] mental state requirement does not reach the intent to engage in general advocacy about prostitution, or to give advice to sex workers generally to protect them from abuse,\u201d Judge Patricia Millett wrote, joined by Judges Harry Edwards and Justin Walker. \u201cNor would it cover the intent to preserve for historical purposes webpages that discuss prostitution. Instead, it reaches a person\u2019s intent to aid or abet the prostitution of another person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Millett conceded that the language could be seen as encompassing all sorts of conduct that arguably promotes or encourages prostitution. 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