Defenses.

(a) It shall not be a defense to prosecution under this article:

(1) That an undercover operative or law enforcement officer was involved in the detection and investigation of an offense; or

(2) That a meeting as described in this article did not occur.

(b) An owner or operator of a computer on-line service, weblog, Internet service, or Internet bulletin board service shall not be liable for facilitating the on-line solicitation of a child for permitting an undercover operative or law enforcement officer to use an on-line service to detect and investigate unlawful activity related to the on-line solicitation of a child.

(Act 2009-745, p. 2233, §8.)