§ 14-202.5A. Liability of commercial social networking sites.
§ 14‑202.5A. Liabilityof commercial social networking sites.
(a) A commercial socialnetworking site, as defined in G.S. 14‑202.5, that complies with G.S. 14‑208.15Aor makes other reasonable efforts to prevent a sex offender who is registeredin accordance with Article 27A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes fromaccessing its Web site shall not be held civilly liable for damages arising outof a person's communications on the social networking site's system or networkregardless of that person's status as a registered sex offender in NorthCarolina or any other jurisdiction.
(b) For the purposes ofthis section, "access" is defined as allowing the sex offender to doany of the activities or actions described in G.S. 14‑202.5(b)(2) throughG.S. 14‑202.5(b)(4) by utilizing the Web site. (2008‑218, s. 7; 2009‑272,s. 1.)