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by toddrew 4562 days ago
What is the incentive for lawmakers to block pornography?
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1. Once you have the infrastructure to block some websites set up, you can (ab)use it to block any arbitrary site that you want, including political dissent.

2. The "friends" of the legislators who will actually implement these on government contract stand to gain massively.