H 3426 — Child Online Safety Act
The Child Online Safety Act is a proposed bill in South Carolina aimed at enhancing protections for minors online. It seeks to address risks such as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming, and other harms faced by minors on digital platforms. The bill is currently in the early stages of the legislative process, with a member requesting the sponsor's name be added. If enacted, it would contribute to state-level child safety measures.
Linked Incidents
53Incidents this policy has been directly linked to
Young user exposed to child sex images via Stable Diffusion AI model
14-year-old Greater Manchester girl sexually groomed via Roblox by 18-year-old leading to two-year prison sentence
12-year-old Cobb County child exploited on Snapchat by seven men over one year
45-year-old man threatens and attempts to exploit teenage acquaintance via fake social media account leading to felony charges
38-year-old man sexually grooms 13- and 9-year-old girls via Snapchat leading to four-year prison sentence
37 children aged 10–16 sexually groomed and blackmailed via WhatsApp and Snapchat message recordings leading to 69 offence convictions and eight-year youth prison sentence
13-year-old Alabama girl lured to Georgia by online impersonator leading to four-day disappearance
12- to 14-year-old girls sexually exploited via TikTok, Instagram, and WhatsApp messages leading to one-year-and-six-month jail sentence
13-year-old girl sexually groomed via Snapchat messages leading to four-year prison sentence for offender
Teenage girl sexually groomed and abused via TikTok and Snapchat by previously convicted sex offender using multiple aliases over 15 months leading to life imprisonment in 2025
Related Incidents
Same harm domain, actors and location may differ
12-year-old girl sexually groomed via TikTok leading to out-of-state assault in Binghamton, New York
9-year-old girl dies after attempting blackout challenge on YouTube
13-year-old Louisiana girl exposed to AI-generated nude deepfake images leading to expulsion and federal lawsuit against school district
12-year-old girl groomed and coerced into self-harm and producing child sexual abuse materials via social media in New Jersey
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