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Search results for "Utah's online porn age verification law now includes VPNs"

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Steve Poizner stated on June 01, 2010 in an online campaign commercial :
As the CEO of eBay, "Whitman started a separate division that only sells porn."
By Robert Farley• June 1, 2010
X posts stated on February 16, 2024 in a post on X:
The Kids Online Safety Act “would require everyone to upload your government ID in order to use most sites on the internet.”
By Madison Czopek• February 23, 2024
Facebook posts stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Mail-in voting requires no signature verification.
By Amy Sherman• July 30, 2021
Jack Posobiec stated on March 22, 2022 in a tweet:
Ketanji Brown Jackson “says she gave pedophiles lighter sentences (because) it’s different when they use computers vs mail to get volumes of child porn. This makes ‘total sense’ according to Jackson.”
By Bill McCarthy• March 25, 2022
Bill White stated on August 09, 2010 in an East Texas campaign stop.:
Says Rick Perry's proposal on driver licenses and high school dropouts has been state law since 1989.
By W. Gardner Selby• August 20, 2010
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on June 06, 2022 in a television ad:
Cheri Beasley tossed the conviction of a man seeking sex with a boy online and “set free” a child porn offender.
By Paul Specht• June 7, 2022
Fidelis stated on February 03, 2009 in a news release:
"Obama taps porn lawyer for #2 at Justice."
By Robert Farley• February 6, 2009
Bloggers stated on November 24, 2016 in posts on the Internet:
CNN accidentally aired 30 minutes of pornography in Boston on Thanksgiving night.
By Joshua Gillin• November 29, 2016
Josh Hawley stated on March 21, 2022 in an op-ed:
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson “gave child porn offenders sentences below the guidelines and below what the prosecutors were requesting,” showing she is “soft on child pornography offenders.”
By Jon Greenberg• March 24, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on April 04, 2022 in a tweet:
Says Sens. Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins and Mitt Romney “are pro-pedophile.”
By Jon Greenberg• April 6, 2022
Instagram posts stated on April 11, 2023 in an Instagram reel:
The RESTRICT Act would allow the U.S. government to “charge you with a felony and $1 million for having a VPN.”
By Sara Swann• April 19, 2023
Roy Cooper stated on August 24, 2023 in a veto statement:
GOP-authored elections bill “requires valid votes to be tossed out … if a computer rejects a signature.”
By Paul Specht• September 1, 2023
J.B. Van Hollen stated on March 18, 2010 in written testimony to a Wisconsin Senate committee:
"Over 22,000 unique Internet Protocol addresses -- in Wisconsin alone -- have downloaded child pornography."
By Tom Kertscher• September 15, 2010
Donald Trump stated on July 30, 2020 in a press conference:
Absentee voting is different from mail-in voting and has more protections against fraud.
By Louis Jacobson, Chris Nichols, Amy Sherman• July 31, 2020
Mike DeWine stated on November 18, 2011 in a news conference:
"At a minimum, 40 percent of those who view child pornography end up molesting children as a result." 
By Aaron Marshall• November 30, 2011
Fox News Channel stated on July 05, 2023 in a chyron:
Gender Queer on NEA Summer Reading List for Kids.
By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa• July 11, 2023
Facebook posts stated on May 21, 2023 in a post shared on Facebook:
An Arizona judge was “forced to overturn” an election and ruled “274,000 ballots must be thrown out.”
By Madison Czopek• May 24, 2023
Joseph Cryan stated on August 21, 2011 in an op-ed piece published on CourierPostOnline.com:
Says direct shipment of wine "makes underage drinking as simple as a mouse click."
By Erin O'Neill• August 29, 2011
Fight for the Future stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet:
"215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers." 
By Lauren Carroll• March 30, 2017
No on 60 campaign against condom requirement in adult films stated on June 24, 2016 in in a campaign video advertisement:
California’s Prop 60, which would require condom use in adult films, would put "workers in the adult film industry at risk for lawsuits and harassment."
By Chris Nichols• September 2, 2016

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