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IQ Crew
Thursday April 17, 2008 9:21:21 AM
Parents have tools already to prevent access to offensive sites. They need to know what their children are doing on line, (they also need to know who their kids are hanging with off line as well.) If that means putting the computer in the living room so that the monitor is freely visible to all then thats what needs to be done.
The terms "pornography" and "pornographer" are used as if there's a group of people wanting to expose kids to offensive material. I believe there's probably a segment of pervs out there that get their jollies doing that but for the most part "pornography" on the internet is part of an industry, the "adult entertainment industry". It is no longer just seedy bookshops, it is a +$50 billion industry. It exists to make money not epose kids to offensive material.
Most of these purveyors are already participating in every voluntary way to keep kids off their sites. They don't want the legal fallout and the kids aren't going to buy anything anyway.
The true internet "contamination" of our children is probably coming from the social networking sites where anybody can say they're somebody else, connect with your kid and communicate thins maybe your kid isn't ready for. Of course, your kid could make some objectional friends at school as well.
Dave
IQ Crew
Thursday April 17, 2008 9:19:21 AM
What a marvelous proposal!
The essence of this proposed architecture design sounds like
creating a Red Light district within
the Internet.
Allowing adult oriented sites to have their own community
within the Internet would certainly help alleviate the problem of underage
visitors to their sites.
The goals of CP80 are very much needed. Have you seen participants from the
technology industry come out and offer assistance in achieving these goals?
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