§ 2252B. Misleading domain names on the Internet

• (a) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the Internet with the intent to deceive a person into viewing material constituting obscenity shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
• (b) Whoever knowingly uses a misleading domain name on the Internet with the intent to deceive a minor into viewing material that is harmful to minors on the Internet shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
• (c) For the purposes of this section, a domain name that includes a word or words to indicate the sexual content of the site, such as “sex” or “porn”, is not misleading.
• (d) For the purposes of this section, the term “material that is harmful to minors” means any communication, consisting of nudity, sex, or excretion, that, taken as a whole and with reference to its context—
  • (1) predominantly appeals to a prurient interest of minors;
  • (2) is patently offensive to prevailing standards in the adult community as a whole with respect to what is suitable material for minors; and
  • (3) lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
• (e) For the purposes of subsection (d), the term “sex” means acts of masturbation, sexual intercourse, or physcial 1 1 So in original. Probably should be “physical”. contact with a person’s genitals, or the condition of human male or female genitals when in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.