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House approves bill to create a child-protection advertising registry for digital contacts
Summary
House amended and passed a bill to let parents register phone numbers and digital addresses to block advertisements for age-restricted products; sponsor said the registry would be encrypted, enforced by the attorney general and cost about $136,000 annually; final House vote was 70–2.
The House passed an amendment to create a child-protection registry that would allow parents and guardians to register contact points (phone numbers, cell addresses, email/fax) to block advertisements for products minors cannot legally purchase (alcohol, tobacco, sexually explicit material and gambling).
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