On 19 Dec 2016 20:55:25 -0800, Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com>
wrote:
>http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/12/south-carolina-will-debate-bill-to-block-porn-on-new-computers/
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>A South Carolina politician is hoping to stop computer owners in his state from
>viewing pornography.
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>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.
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>If a purchaser wants the filter lifted, he or she has to pay $20 to have it
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>In Chumley's view, blocking people from seeing pornography will, somehow, "be
>another way to fight human trafficking."
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>"The human trafficking thing has exploded," Chumley told the Spartanburg
>Herald-Journal. "It's gotten to be a real problem." He continued:
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>Chumley provides no explanation of how his filtering scheme would work or how it
>would avoid conflicting with the First Amendment. The Post and Courier reports
>that the bill has been submitted to the House Judiciary Committee, where it will
>be considered when state legislators come back to Columbia next month for their
>2017 session.
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Bet he owns a second hand computer business.
Ruby
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