Us Code § 2258E - Definitions
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§ 2258E. Definitions
In sections 2258A through 2258E—
(1) the terms "attorney for the government" and "State" have the meanings given those terms in rule 1 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure;
(2) the term "electronic communication service" has the meaning given that term in section 2510;
(3) the term "electronic mail address" has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the CAN–SPAM Act of 2003 (15 U.S.C. 7702);
(4) the term "Internet" has the meaning given that term in section 1101 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (47 U.S.C. 151 note);
(5) the term "remote computing service" has the meaning given that term in section 2711;
(6) the term "provider" means an electronic communication service provider or remote computing service;
(7) the term "NCMEC" means the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children; and
(8) the term "website" means any collection of material placed in a computer server-based file archive so that it is publicly accessible, over the Internet, using hypertext transfer protocol or any successor protocol.
(Added Pub. L. 110–401, title V, §501(a), Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4250; amended Pub. L. 115–395, §6, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5294.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, referred to in par. (1), are set out in the Appendix to this title.
Section 1101 of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, referred to in par. (4), is section 1101 of title XI of div. C of Pub. L. 105–277, which is set out in a note under section 151 of Title 47, Telecommunications.
Amendments
2018—Pub. L. 115–395, §6(1), substituted "2258E" for "2258D" in introductory provisions.
Pars. (6) to (8). Pub. L. 115–395, §6(2)–(4), added pars. (6) and (7) and redesignated former par. (6) as (8).
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