The Internet has made information of all shapes and sizes available to individuals at any time and in virtually any place. A person can socialize with others, make new friends, talk to old friends, conduct research, purchase goods, send birthday cards and check e-mail from the comfort and the security of his home. But even more appealing to some, is that same person can enjoy private adult interests without being observed by others. Such as pornograph

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Everyone agrees that children should not have this kind of Internet acccess. The problem, however, is in determining the measures that should be taken to prevent a child’s access to this material. Protecting children in the Internet can be accomplished by parents’ guidance and not by enforcing laws by the government. The Child Online Protection Act (COPA) passed to protect children from online pornography by requiring that web site operators to verify the age of visitors such as by issuing a credit card number. But, like music, those who do not want to pay a web site for porn use e-mail to send and receive pictures and videos, or they use peer-to-peer tools like “Kazaa” for virtually unhindered downloads of porn. As always, as with any behavioral issue, the best and the least restrictive defense is parental supervision. Also, parents can purchase filtering software such as “Net Nanny” to monitor the sites a child may visit.

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