Alabama § 13A-12-197.1 - Separate Offenses; Liability of Internet Service Providers, Search Engines, Cloud Service Providers, Etc.
Full text of Alabama Code of Alabama § 13A-12-197.1 — Separate Offenses; Liability of Internet Service Providers, Search Engines, Cloud Service Providers, Etc., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13A-12-197.1. Separate Offenses; Liability of Internet Service Providers, Search Engines, Cloud Service Providers, Etc.
(a) For the purposes of this division, each depiction of child sexual abuse material that violates any section constitutes a separate offense.
(b) No Internet service provider, search engine, cloud service provider, or affiliate or subsidiary of any of the same, shall be held to have violated this division solely for providing access or connection to or from a website, other information or content on the Internet, or a facility, system, or network not under the control of the provider, including, but not limited to, the transmission, download, or intermediate storage of content that is child sexual abuse material.
Source: official Alabama text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 13A-12-197.1 ("Separate Offenses; Liability of Internet Service Providers, Search Engines, Cloud Service Providers, Etc.") is part of the Code of Alabama, the codified statutory law of Alabama. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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