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PartialTechnology / Child Safety

Reintroduce and pass the EARN IT Act to remove blanket Section 230 legal immunity from tech platforms for child sexual abuse material and let victims and families take legal action.

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PartialFact-checker reviewConfidence: 90%

The promise is compound — reintroduce AND pass the EARN IT Act. All three cited sources are reachable and support the PARTIAL rating. (1) The Senate Judiciary Committee press release (PRIMARY) confirms verbatim the quote "The EARN IT Act removes Section 230 blanket liability protection from service providers in the area of child sexual abuse material on their sites" and documents that Graham co-authored and reintroduced the bill on April 19, 2023 as Ranking Member. (2) Graham's own Senate office release (PRIMARY) confirms verbatim "I was very pleased the EARN IT Act, which I introduced along with Senator Blumenthal, unanimously passed the Senate Judiciary Committee," establishing genuine leadership and committee advancement. (3) Wikipedia (REPUTABLE_SECONDARY) confirms Graham introduced S.1207 on April 19, 2023 with 24 co-sponsors and that its status is "Died in Committee" — it never received a full Senate floor vote and never became law. Thus the reintroduction portion (with real leadership) was delivered while the central deliverable, passage, failed: Section 230 immunity was not removed and victims/families gained no new right to sue. This is correctly PARTIAL — not CHAMPIONED/KEPT (passage failed) and not ATTEMPTED (a concrete promised piece was delivered). The outcome does not overstate the evidence.

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