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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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South Carolina to Debate Pre-Installed Porn Filter on New Computers
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(Score: 2) by meustrus on Wednesday December 21 2016, @08:12PM
It would be better if this was about child porn, too. But it isn't. It's about the tax-paying pornography industry. Which also suggests an obvious actor to oppose this at the federal level (besides computer manufacturers, privacy advocates, security advocates, and anti-government types) would be other states with porn industries.
If there isn't at least one reference or primary source, it's not +1 Informative. Maybe the underused +1 Interesting?