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Ed Markey: What were they thinking? It will want to be the parents who will want to erase it. They have a right to do so. I am not…

On the recordOctober 4, 2011
What were they thinking? It will want to be the parents who will want to erase it. They have a right to do so. I am not talking about Big Brother; I am talking about Big Mother and Big Father.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey discusses parental rights regarding children's online content.

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