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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
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.
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Rob Portman
Republican · Ohio

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Portman emphasizes that removing terms from ads doesn't change the reality of underage exploitation.

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