Combating Online Predators Act aims to prohibit threats to minors involving sexually explicit conduct.
The Combating Online Predators Act, also known as the COP Act, seeks to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit threats to minors. Specifically, it targets the distribution, offer, sending, or provision of threats to distribute visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct. This includes both actual minors and individuals believed by the defendant to be minors. The intent behind these threats is to coerce the minor or the perceived minor into creating or transmitting such depictions.
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