Online Sex Trafficking Bill Boosted With 60 Senate Backers
- Three new cosponsors give bill filibuster protection
- Democratic Senator Wyden had put a hold on the legislation
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A proposal to combat online sex-trafficking has won the backing of 60 U.S. senators, potentially ensuring it would clear procedural hurdles to passage, according to Republican Rob Portman of Ohio and Democrat Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, who have been leading supporters of the bill.
The measure, an earlier version of which had spurred concerns from tech companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc., was at the center of the latest clash in Congress over what responsibility internet platforms should take for the content users post on their sites.