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Ed Markey: “We are leaving these children to the most rapacious commercial predators in the country who will exploit these children…”

On the recordApril 9, 2018
We are leaving these children to the most rapacious commercial predators in the country who will exploit these children unless we absolutely have a law on the books.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Markey emphasizes the need for a law to protect children's privacy online.

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