It's part of a larger law called the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, which requires convicted child molesters to be listed on a national Internet database and face a felony charge for failing to update their whereabouts.The user’s online handle was “Pewter,” and while logged on at a website called Playpen, he allegedly downloaded images of young girls being sexually molested. In July, President Bush signed Masha's Law, which dramatically increases the fines and penalties for downloading kiddie porn. There are dozens of notices of other pending cases, a number that does not begin to reflect the actual number of potential defendants in criminal and civil cases. Nine other people have been convicted in federal court for downloading Masha's pictures. Masha's courage may now assist lawmakers as they look for ways to combat the growing child-porn industry.Īuthorities say one in five children is now approached by online predators in what Congress calls a multibillion-dollar industry. 'If they tell somebody, it's going to change.' 'Even if they are afraid to tell somebody, no matter what they think is going to happen, it's going to be for the better,' she said. She also urged other victims to seek help. 'He took away five years of my life that I could never get back,' Masha said. In her 'Primetime' interview, she told ABC News she felt Mancuso 'stole' her childhood. She thanked correspondent John Quinones twice in her written testimony to Congress for helping to bring her story 'to the whole world.' Masha first told her story to 'Primetime' in an effort to help other victims.

People are still downloading them even though he has been in prison for two years,' Masha said. 'Matthew put my pictures on the Internet after he got me. They let him look at my pictures from Russia on the Internet even though they didn't really know anything about him.' 'Matthew found the adoption agency on the Internet. 'You have to do something about the Internet,' she wrote. 'Because Matthew put my pictures on the Internet, the abuse is still going on,' she said to legislators. She told Congress' Energy and Commerce Committee at its fourth such hearing this year that her horror hadn't ended.

He was convicted in 2003 of distributing child pornography online and received a 35-year prison sentence on federal pornography charges, while facing additional charges. Masha's image caught the attention of authorities, who ultimately tracked her down and arrested Mancuso, removing her from his custody.

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