Definitions

In this Act: (1) Commission The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. (2) Nonprofit organization The term nonprofit organization has the meaning given such term in section 201(i) of title 35, United States Code. (3) Online service provider The term online service provider — (A) means the provider of a public-facing website, online service, or online application directed to a consumer or organization that— (i) requires any person who wishes to use the website, online service, or online application to create a unique account or profile for such website, service, or application; (ii) provides an internet-based product or service that is accessible through the website, online service, or online application; and (iii) is engaged in interstate or foreign commerce; and (B) includes any entity described in subparagraph (A), regardless of whether— (i) offering a product or service to the general public is the sole source of income or principal business of such entity; or (ii) the entity earns a profit on a product or service. (4) Restrict The term restrict, with respect to a user, means an online service provider’s termination or suspension of a user’s account or profile on the online service provider’s website, online service, or online application, or limitation of the user’s access thereto based on a determination that the user violated the online service provider’s acceptable use policy. (5) User The term user means, with respect to an online service provider, a person who registers an account or creates a profile on the website, online service, or online application of the online service provider.