John Thune said "There is a Dickensian quality to the Internet. It can simultaneously enable and ennoble or degrade and debase." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordSeptember 18, 2017

There is a Dickensian quality to the Internet. It can simultaneously enable and ennoble or degrade and debase.

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Thune discusses the dual nature of the Internet regarding sex trafficking.

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