Sentence:  She <WSD>maintains</WSD> that the internet should face similar curbs to TV because young people are increasingly living online. "It's totally different, someone at Google watching the video from the comfort of their office in San Francisco to someone from a council house in London, where this video is happening right outside their front door." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert. (from 15thc.)