The answer is, of course, no. The fact that these terms were stripped out through this screening process does not mean that that girl's age was magically changed.
Rob Portman: “The answer is, of course, no. The fact that these terms were stripped out through this screening process does not mean…”
On the recordJanuary 9, 2017
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Portman emphasizes that removing terms from ads doesn't change the reality of underage exploitation.
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