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New Texas Online Trafficking Laws Effective September 1, 2019
These two new laws become effective on September 1, 2019. They define state crimes involving promotion of prostitution via the web, and criminalize both (1) the online promotion of prostitution as well as (2) the “aggravated” online promotion of prostitution.
Essentially, they expand the current state criminal code to incorporate the reality that lots of business – including illegal activities involving sex crimes – takes place over the web, as online operations.
Given the current environment, we can expect police and prosecutors to be anxious to use these new criminal charges in future prosecutions.
1. First, Definitions Are Provided to Include Computers and the Internet
The first change we find in this new legislation is new definitions are added to the Texas Penal Code pertaining to online activities. Specifically, Texas Penal Code §43.01 expands to include new subdivisions as follows:
“Access software provider” means “a provider of software, including client or server software, or enabling tools that perform one or more of the following functions: (A) filter, screen, allow, or disallow content; (B) select, analyze, or digest content; or (C) transmit, receive, display, forward, cache, search, subset, organize, reorganize, or translate content.”
“Interactive computer service” means “any: information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access to a computer server by multiple users, including a service or system that provides access to the Internet or a system operated or service offered by a library or educational institution.”
“Information content provider” means “any person or entity that is wholly or partly responsible for the creation or development of information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service.”
“Internet” means “the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks.
