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copyright 2000 Donna Rice Hughes Copyright 2000 Donna Rice Hughes Appendix A Children Deserve A protected space of innocence A safe, educational and rewarding online experience The adult community to protect them from exposure to age-inappropriate content and activity Law enforcement and government to protect them from illegal content and activity PROTECTING CHILDREN FAMILIES IN CYBERSPACE Internet Benefits and Dangers Cyber-Sex Addiction Access to Inappropriate Material Pedophiles’ Access to Children An Overview of Solutions Benefits of the Internet Exciting educational advantages A multitude of resources are at your fingertips Extraordinary communications vehicle Competitive advantage in school, workplace or business environment Children’s Internet Access TEENS ONLINE INTERNET DANGERS The Internet Pornography Industry Online pornography is the first consistently successful e-commerce product (C-net, 4/28,1999) At least 40,000 porn sites on the Web (US News World Report, 3/27,2000) Web surfers spent $970 million/yr in 1998 and expected to rise to $3 billion/yr by 2003 (Datamonitor, US News World Report, 3/27,2000) 69% of the $1.4 billion of the pay-to-view online content market is adult material (US News World Report, 3/27,2000) M Consider…. The Internet delivers child pornography, obscenity, and other harmful material directly into homes, schools, libraries businesses Free “teasers” are often featured on commercial web sites “The 250 naughty newsgroups (alt.sex.snuff.cannibalism) are all as accessible to an intrepid 10-yr-old as to an adult.” (U.S. News World Report 3/17/97) CYBER-SEX “Cyber-sex is the crack cocaine of sexual addiction” (Dr. Robert Weiss, Sexual Recovery Institute, Washington Times 1/26/2000) Cyber-sex reinforces and normalizes sexual disorders (Dr. Robert Weiss, Washington Times 1/26/2000) A public health hazard exploding because very few are recognizing it as such or taking it seriously. (MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study; Assoc