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Jul
Romney Wants Porn Block on Home Computers
by QuestionGirl

Nothing more pressing to worry about Mitt?

From The Swamp:
Romney: Blocking Internet porn on home computers
by Rick Pearson

DES MOINES — Traveling throughout Iowa today, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said he would work with computer and software companies to ensure every new home computer has filters already installed that would allow parents to block out pornography.

Romney, a Republican candidate for president who is looking for support from conservatives, said the filtering software should be installed on computers sold at retail and should be made easy to use when a computer is set up. He also said he would promote filtering products to parents who already have a computer.

Romney contended that one in three youths report being exposed to unwanted sexual material via computers and he said there is a danger that as technology advances, computer-facilitated crimes against children will continue to rise.

He commended the Bush administration’s Justice Department initiative, Project Safe Childhood, launched in February of last year, which is aimed at helping children navigate the Internet.

While the internet-filtering software industry has grown, some groups say filters should be mandated for use by Internet Service Providers, or ISPs, to prevent unwanted pornography from ever reaching the home computer.


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