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  "title": "US 47 U.S.C. 230(e)(5) - FOSTA Sex Trafficking Carve-Out to § 230 Immunity",
  "domain": "Online Safety & Child Protection",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-04",
  "bluf": "§ 230(e)(5) of the Communications Decency Act, added by the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-164, 'FOSTA'), carves out three categories of claims from § 230's broad interactive computer…",
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