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Eleventh Circuit upholds child pornography claims against Omegle.com .

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Parents of C.H. sued Omegl.com for violating 18 U.S.C. 2255, known as " Masha 's Law," for knowing possession of child pornography.

Sex trafficking was already a federal crime under section 1591 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act .

But courts had held that sex trafficking victims could not seek civil relief against online platforms under section 230 .

FOSTA amended section 230 to except sex trafficking claims from section 230 immunity.

Judge Barbara Lagoa dissented as to the child pornography claim: "Knowledge through deliberate indifference occurs where a party acts 'with an awareness of the existence of the fact in question' The majority reasons that the plaintiffs' allegations are insufficient because the complaint did not allege that Omegle had the ability to access its user's recordings in general or John Doe's recordings of C.H..