(1) Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 230) (as added by title V of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (Public Law 104? 104; 110 Stat. 133) (commonly known as the ??Com-munications Decency Act of 1996??)) was never in-tended to provide legal protection to websites that facilitate traffickers in advertising the sale of unlawful sex acts with sex trafficking victims.

(2) Clarification of section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 is warranted to ensure that that section does not provide such protection to such websites.

(1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;

(2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:?(4) The term ?participation in a venture? includes knowing conduct by an individual or entity, by any means, that assists, supports, or facilitates the violation of subsection (a)(1).?.