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title: O.C.G.A. § 39-5-4. Report of certain information; failure to report required information; penalties.
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# O.C.G.A. § 39-5-4. Report of certain information; failure to report required information; penalties.

(a) An interactive computer service doing business in this state that obtains knowledge of facts or circumstances from which a violation of any law of this state prohibiting child pornography is apparent shall make a report, as soon as reasonably possible, of such facts and circumstances to the Cyber Tipline at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

(b) Any interactive computer service that knowingly and willfully violates subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon a second or subsequent conviction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

## History

Code 1981, § 39-5-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2008, p. 810, § 2/SB 474.