Bans threatening minors with sexually explicit images to force them to create more.
This bill would make it a federal crime to threaten a minor with sexually explicit images. The goal is to stop people from using these threats to force children or those believed to be children into creating more such images. This would add new protections for minors against online exploitation.
Today, federal law prohibits many acts related to child exploitation, but it does not explicitly make it a crime to threaten to share existing sexually explicit images of a minor to force them to create new ones. If this bill passes, it would make such threats a federal crime, applying existing penalties to those who try to coerce minors into creating more sexually explicit content.
S 3704 · 119th Congress · January 27, 2026 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 5/10
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