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Britain makes plans to filter out porn at prime minister’s urging

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Keeping adult content out of the hands of children has become exponentially more difficult since the dawn of the internet. British Prime Minister David Cameron announced this week that he was committed to keeping young people away from illicit content, by implementing a national filter on pornographic content.

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