CNN.com reports that twenty-five men have been arrested in a giant child pornography ring that spans over the U.S., England, and Germany. These men face a hefty minimum 10-year sentence if convicted. The man that was the first of the twenty-five, Lloyd Alan Emmerson, a chiropractor in Clovis, was discovered when a Danish couple contacted Denmark officials after finding some lewd images of child molestation on the Internet. With this tip, Danish police found more than “1 million images of 450 CDs...many with pictures of the children of his parents, relatives or neighbors...” (CNN.com). More followed; the number is up to twenty-five and growing. In Italy,

The real question is where do we go from here? Missingkids.com gives thorough signs of how to tell if your kid is subject to molestation. Missouri is pushing a new bill against Internet crime. This bill will protect personal information stored electronically, make Internet stalking and harassment illegal, as well as protect children from pornographic material, etc. Many activist groups are calling everyone to arms against pornography, saying it is all too easy for a child to get hold of pornographic material. Lev Grossman from TIME suggests that you use email filters to take emails with three exclamation points (!!!) straight to the deleted file. “Other red flags include dollar signs and hot-button terms like XXX and nude. Trust me, it works.” All these things and more are fast becoming stepping stones towards a better digital tomorrow, today.

almost 1,500 people are standing trial for what could be the biggest child pornography ring in history (CNN.com), 660 of which are native Italians, with others mainly from Russia, France and Malaysia. A caption on the article reads: “Child pornography has been spread worldwide via the Internet,” proving that child pornography over the Internet is not just a local, state, or even a national problem, but one that’s effects are felt worldwide.

Many other problems plunder the common Internet user. An article in the July 1, 2002 Time Magazine (pg. 70) entitled “Send That Email To Jail” the author, Lev Grossman, tells of the trash mail in his inbox. A credit card offer from a Crystal Jimmy. “He promises everyone on the mailing list a credit card even if the persons credi

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