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posted by n1 on Tuesday December 20 2016, @05:28AM   Printer-friendly
from the sin-tax dept.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/south-carolina-will-debate-bill-to-block-porn-on-new-computers/

A South Carolina politician is hoping to stop computer owners in his state from viewing pornography.

State Rep. Bill Chumley, a Republican from Spartanburg, told his hometown newspaper that his Human Trafficking Prevention Act would require manufacturers or sellers of computers or other devices that access the Internet to install digital blocks to prevent the viewing of obscene content. Blocking websites that facilitate prostitution would also be required, he said.

If a purchaser wants the filter lifted, he or she has to pay $20 to have it taken out—provided the person is over the age of 18.

Also at the Spartanburg Herald-Journal.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @09:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @09:11AM (#443641)

    it is just another desperate effort for modern day Puritans to try and push the toothpaste into the tube. Now this time they are trying to emmesh a few weak minds to their ultimate goal by trying to attach it to "it will stop human trafficking!" argument.

    we won our "independence", but Britain got rid of the Puritans...

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