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South Carolina to Debate Pre-Installed Porn Filter on New Computers

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

takyon writes:

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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• Teenagers sit at their computers weeping Teenagers sit at their computers weeping (Score: 1) by charon on Tuesday December 20 2016, @05:43AM

  by charon (5660) on Tuesday December 20 2016, @05:43AM (#443569) Journal

  Next week: "disable porn filter" becomes highest ranked Google search term of all time.

• Re:Teenagers sit at their computers weeping (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @07:09AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @07:09AM (#443591)

  Followed by a widely reposted blog post written by a horny teenager describing exactly how she disabled the porn filter so she could look at pics of hard cocks.

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• Re:Teenagers sit at their computers weeping (Score: 2) by richtopia on Tuesday December 20 2016, @04:57PM

  by richtopia (3160) on Tuesday December 20 2016, @04:57PM (#443881) Homepage Journal

  False: this filter would be great.

  "It isn't porn, I have the filter on. These two naked chicks I found elsewhere on the internet clearly are not filming pornography!"

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