AB 1946

Existing law prohibits a social media platform from knowingly, aiding, or abetting commercial sexual exploitation, as defined, and authorizes a civil action for a violation of that prohibition brought by, or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, a person who is a minor or nonminor dependent, as defined, and is a victim of commercial sexual exploitation. Existing law requires a court to award damages not exceeding $4,000,000 and not less than $1,000,000 for each act of commercial sexual exploitation facilitated, aided, or abetted by the social media platform in violation of those provisions. This bill would increase those statutory damages to at least not $1,500,000 and not exceeding $4,500,000 and for each act of commercial sexual exploitation.