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Exposure to Graphic Sexual
Material on the Internet
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About 35 percent of homes with online accounts have children under the
age of 18, according to a study presented to Congress. (Epstein, Aaron.
'Court to Review Internet, Decency').
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83.5 percent of all computerized photographs available on the Internet
are pornographic...(Congressional Record. Daily ed., 26 Jun 1995, p.S9017-9023).
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With only a few mouse clicks, anyone can access one of an estimate 72,000
pornographic sites on the World Wide Web. many of them are illegal sites
because they meet the definition of hardcore obscenity, depicting such
behavior as incest, bestiality, and mutilation. (Kennedy, John W: Christianity
Today, Feb. 9, 1998).
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70 percent of Internet access by children occurs outside the home at public
schools and libraries - which commonly offer uncensored, unsupervised access
to the Internet. (Kennedy, John W: Christianity Today, Feb. 9, 1998).
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Since over thirty percent of sites on the World Wide Web are pornographic,
children have a high probability of finding pornographic sites, even accidentally.
(USA Today, 4/8/98).
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SurfWatch of Los Altos, California, is one of a growing number of computer
programs designed to answer a fundamental concern of parents, educators
and even employers: How can porn be prevented from coming into computers?
(Time, July 3, 1995).
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