House Speaker Mike Johnson once promoted software he used to monitor his porn usage. Josh Duggar and Lamar Odom used the same program.

• House Speaker Mike Johnson has repeatedly promoted Christian porn monitoring software Covenant Eyes.
• Johnson said the program helped him and his 17-year-old son stay away from the "darkness of technology."

Covenant Eyes, the Christian porn monitoring software repeatedly promoted by House Speaker Mike Johnson, has been used by other celebrities — infamously by convicted reality TV star Josh Duggar.

Johnson, who Republicans rallied behind to make Speaker of the House, said in a resurfaced clip from 2022 that he uses the program to hold himself and his son accountable and keep them away from the "darkness of technology."

The software — which is designed to "help you and those you love live free from pornography," according to its website — delivers a weekly report of a user's internet activity across all their devices to their "accountability partner." Johnson said in the resurfaced clip that he and his 17-year-old son acted as each other's accountability partners.

Johnson also previously promoted the software on his Facebook in 2020, writing, "This is a great way for all of us parents to help guard the hearts of our teenagers."

The software counts other celebrities among its users. Former Lakers basketball star Lamar Odom said in a testimonial on the program's website that he used Covenant Eyes to help him beat a porn addiction.

But the software also surfaced during the 2021 child pornography case of Josh Duggar, the former reality TV star from TLC's "19 Kids and Counting."

During a hearing in the case in May 2021, a Homeland Security agent said Duggar used the program with his wife, who was acting as his "accountability partner."

The federal agent said Duggar had installed the Tor Browser to get around Covenant Eye's monitoring.

Duggar was ultimately convicted of possessing child pornography in 2021 and sentenced to over 12 years in prison.