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Utah campaign against porn marches on with phone filter plan

by Sophia EppolitoLindsay Whitehurst
| March 17, 2021 12:03 AM

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Conservative lawmakers in Utah have fired another salvo in their longtime campaign against online porn with a new requirement that all cellphones and tablets sold in the state automatically block pornography in a plan that critics call a significant intrusion on free speech.

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