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Richard Blumenthal: “It is time to deprive traffickers and those that profit from the illegal sale of people by eliminating the protections…”

On the recordSeptember 18, 2017
It is time to deprive traffickers and those that profit from the illegal sale of people by eliminating the protections which are presently afforded by the Constitutional guarantees under Section 230.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

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Calls for changes to Section 230 to combat human trafficking.

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