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Resurfaced comments in which new House Speaker Mike Johnson talked about how he and his son monitor each other's online activity using "accountability software" have raised questions about national security.

Johnson, a Republican who was first elected to Congress in 2016, spoke in 2022 about how he installed software called Covenant Eyes on his devices during a panel called "War on Technology" at Cypress Baptist Church in Benton, Louisiana, Rolling Stone reported.

According to a clip first posted on X, formerly Twitter, by a user called Receipt Maven, Johnson spoke about how the subscription-based service helps people abstain from internet porn and "objectionable" websites.

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[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 1 points 10 months ago

Have you lived in Utah?

Nope, I'm in Wyoming. We have lots of Mormons but they haven't, as of yet, taken the place over.

Here we aren’t even allowed access to porn sites and now they’re shutting down access to most social media sites also.

That seems like a bit of an over statement. My understanding is that you CAN access porn sites but that an age verification requirement will go into effect next year. Same with Social Media stuff, minors can still get access but they've got to get parental permission. To be clear I don't agree with either of these but it's not like Utah is rebuilding the Great Firewall of China and clipping access completely.

There is no “democrat” option, you can’t register to vote unless you register as a republican.

Now hold on a minute. That CANNOT be true, Utah not only has an official Democratic Party but there's Legislators who belong to it!

You go against the church here, they will utterly ruin your life as they are in control of all the media and all the banks and news outlets.

I've heard that one before and don't doubt that it's true.

[-] tygerprints@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

If you live in Wyoming - well, that's cool, but it's such a conservative state also, it's another place with restrictive laws. Yes Utah has an official democratic party, true - but good luck finding it. One member on the Legislature - that's like one drop of purity in an ocean of putrification. Might as well not even be there. It sucks wanting to have more democratic representation here. However I do appreciate your feedback!

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