15 USC § 6551 - Internet safety

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s6551"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 6551 - Internet safety"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "6551"
section_name: "Internet safety"
chapter_number: 91
chapter_name: "PROMOTING A SAFE INTERNET FOR CHILDREN"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–385, title II, § 211, Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4102.)"
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# § 6551. Internet safety

For the purposes of this chapter, the issue of Internet safety includes issues regarding the use of the Internet in a manner that promotes safe online activity for children, protects children from cybercrimes, including crimes by online predators, and helps parents shield their children from material that is inappropriate for minors.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–385, title II, § 211, Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4102.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title II of , , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title II to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this chapter and amending sections 254 and 503 of Title 47, Telecommunications] may be cited as the ‘Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act’.”

, , , provided that: