{"id":89870,"date":"2017-11-27T09:39:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=89870"},"modified":"2017-11-27T09:40:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T13:40:44","slug":"why-is-silicon-valley-really-opposing-sex-trafficking-bill-does-it-contain-a-stealth-censorship-clause-or-does-it-majorly-dent-ad-revenues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=89870","title":{"rendered":"Why is Silicon Valley really opposing the bipartisan sex trafficking bill? Does it contain a stealth censorship clause? Or does it majorly dent ad revenues?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Proponents of sex trafficking bill urge tech companies to drop opposition<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Companies including Google have lobbied against bill that would hold websites liable for publishing information \u2018designed to facilitate sex trafficking\u2019<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is the bill\u2019s Democratic co-sponsor. Photograph: Aaron P Bernstein\/Getty Images<\/p><\/div>\n

Sabrina Siddiqui\u00a0in Washington
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A bill to combat sex trafficking that has pitted US lawmakers against\u00a0Silicon Valley<\/a>\u00a0was at the center of debate on Tuesday, as one Republican senator decried the selling of human beings online as \u201cone of the dark sides of the internet\u201d.<\/p>\n