С сожалением сообщаем, что страну США пришлось закрыть. Конгресс США принял Закон о борьбе с торговлей людьми (SESTA, также известный как «Разрешение государствам и жертвам бороться с онлайн-торговлей людьми» или FOSTA). В соответствии с SESTA / FOSTA правительство США может преследовать в судебном порядке сайты и тех, кто ими управляют, за публикации, проведенные пользователями.

Мы искренне приносим извинения за любые неудобства, но не считаем, что у EGE есть другой выбор, пока закон остается в силе. Надеемся вскоре вас увидеть! Если у вас есть какие-либо вопросы, пожалуйста, свяжитесь с нами по адресу [email protected], и мы сделаем все возможное, чтобы ответить на них.

Текст закона и уголовные наказания для интернет-сайтов, действующих по всему миру:

Under 18 U.S.C. § 2421A(a), “Whoever, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (as such term is defined in section 230(f) [of] the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f))), or conspires or attempts to do so, with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.  

Subsection (b) provides, “Whoever, using a facility or means of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, owns, manages, or operates an interactive computer service (as such term is defined in section 230(f) [of] the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230(f))), or conspires or attempts to do so, with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person and—(1) promotes or facilitates the prostitution of 5 or more persons; or (2) acts in reckless disregard of the fact that such conduct contributed to sex trafficking, in violation of 1591(a), shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 25 years, or both.

The phrase “in commerce” refers to the “channels” and the “instrumentalities” of interstate or foreign commerce. United States v. Baston, 818 F.3d 651, 664 (11th Cir. 2016). The phrase “affecting commerce” is a term of art that “ordinarily signal[s] the broadest permissible exercise of Congress’ Commerce Clause power.” Citizens Bank v. Alafabco, Inc., 539 U.S. 52, 56 (2003). Advertising services on the Internet is sufficient to establish conduct “in commerce.” See Baston, 818 F.3d at 664. Similarly, because your conduct is in commerce, it necessarily affects commerce as well. See id. at 665. Because websites are operating with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person in the United States by inclusion of prostitutes located in the United States, all such a websites are in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2421A.