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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-202.5A: Liability of commercial social networking sites.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Chapter 14. Criminal Law.
  2. SUBCHAPTER VII. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALITY AND DECENCY.
  3. Article 26. Offenses Against Public Morality and Decency.

(a) A commercial social networking site, as defined in G.S. 14-202.5, that complies with G.S. 14-208.15A or makes other reasonable efforts to prevent a high-risk sex offender, as defined in G.S. 14-202.5, from using its website to endanger children shall not be held civilly liable for damages arising out of the sex offender's communications on the social networking site's system or network.

(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-245, s. 3(b), effective December 1, 2019, and applicable to offenses committed on or after that date. (2008-218, s. 7; 2009-272, s. 1; 2019-245, s. 3(b); 2025-25, s. 29(5).)

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