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dear editor letter
software filters
filtering faq
making the net safe
internet predators
resources
statistics
fact: porn is harmful
glossary of terms
protecting children
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  • Teens use the Internet an average of 8.5 hours per week for chatting and e-mailing, compared to 1.8 hours spent using it for school work.
  • An estimated 18.8 million kids under 18-years-old have access to home computers.
  • Playboy’s web site, which offers free teaser shots of its Playmates, averages 5 million hits per day.
  • In August, 1997, there were 92,000 sexually explicit sites on the Internet and an estimated 266 new porn sites every day. "Adult" entertainment is estimated to be the largest sector of sales on the Internet.
  • The vast majority of Americans (94%) believe a ban on Internet pornography should be legal.
  • UNICEF estimates that one million children are forced into prostitution or used to produce pornography each year. Many are handed over (or sold) by their families driven by the extremes of poverty....The Internet also has given dealers in child pornography a far bigger audience--and anonymity.
  • We currently have no legal means to protect children from sexually explicit material on the Internet. The door has been flung open wide for pornographers and sexual predators.