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On the recordMay 24, 2016
But I would hope that you will use the same sensitivities that we use for military arms as we use for Internet technology so that we are not wrapped up in the view that the Internet is so global that technology development in the United States must be immediately made available globally when it can be used by repressive regimes to trample on the human rights of its citizens.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin argues for careful regulation of technology to prevent abuse by repressive governments.

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