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Louisiana college students could be barred accessing pornography or sexually explicit content on their personal phones or computers while connected to a university鈥檚 wifi network or internet service provider.

, filed by Sen. Beth Mizell, R-Franklinton, would require each public university to prohibit access to content that is 鈥渟exually explicit, pornographic, or sexually harassing and, therefore, reasonably believed to create a hostile work environment.鈥�

The bill advanced on April 21 without objection from the Senate Education Committee.

Last year, that detailed how LSU repeatedly mishandled and ignored sexual misconduct on campus, university officials have talked about how committed they are to changing the culture surrounding sexual violence 鈥� leading Louisiana lawmakers to .

Mizell said that Title IX misconduct on college campuses 鈥渋llustrated the need鈥� to block pornographic and sexually explicit content on campus wifi.

鈥淲e all just saw two years of Title IX nightmares from our universities,鈥� Mizell said. 鈥淚 think this is a very low bar.鈥�

The bill would be a violation of freedom of speech rights 鈥� Greg Gonzales, a legislative fellow with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, said to the committee 鈥� because the .

The bill moves to the full Senate for a vote.

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