... Online and Internet Addiction (netaddiction.com), states that nearly 6% of over 17,000 respondents in an online survey met the criteria for compulsive Internet use and 30% use the Net to escape from negative feelings. This article states there are five particular types of Internet addiction: 1. Cybersexual Addiction-people involved in pornography or in adult role play chat rooms 2. ... Cyber-Relational Addiction-on line friends become more important than real life relations with family and friends 3. Net gaming-it encompasses different behaviors such as gaming, shopping, or stock trading...

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... creates a debate over what is censorship and what is really too explicit to be shown to the masses in any public medium. "The Net is the ultimate intellectual jumble. Brainy discussions of physics coexist with sophomoric essays, where sites that present satellite weather images are only a few clicks ... material onto the screens of the child's computer. Self-regulation through responsible parenting is encouraged by vendors of "minder" software such as Net Nanny and SurfWatch, however there are no official watchdogs for these programs that will tell users exactly what sites are filtered....

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The Internet and Child Pornography Everyday millions of people get on their computers and surf the net. We can access things that are thousands of miles away in less than a minute. The Internet has made everything convenient to the ... the growth being so strong it is everywhere and has become hard to adequately control. It is probable to say that anyone who has been on the net long enough, regardless of age, will come across Internet pornography. Proprietors of Internet pornography are in business to make money, and will do anything to ... exploitation, pornography, hate literature, excess...

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... Internet is a vast, anarchic forum uncontrolled and uncontrollable" (Carr 603). This is not true though. The internet may be vast and seemingly uncontrollable but there are programs available such as Net Nanny and other filtering software that can be installed on home computers to prohibit access to certain sites deemed unfit for children to look at. These programs use a predetermined list ... added to the internet every day, the programs have to be constantly updated, meaning there may be sites that can slip through a digital loophole. Net Nanny is an example of one of these filtering ...

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... a music band you like and you accidentally click a link and before you now it you are being subjected to hard core pornography. It just became apparent that pornography on the net not only encompasses controversies about pornography itself, but also all the other controversies and problems the internet already has. Sex has always been something which has intrigued people, and that ... seen it, it can never be erased from their minds."(1). Others call it the "first free speech case of the 21st century" and think that by restricting pornography on the net "The future of the Internet is at...

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... Amendment Approved by Senate." Jim Exon News. 14 June 1995. Exon, James J., and Dan Coats. Letter to United States Senators. 27 July 1995. Gaffin, Adam. "Are Firms Liable For Employee Net Postings?" Network World. Dialog Magazine Database, 042574. 20 Feb. 1995, 8. Gibbs, Mark. "Congress 'Crazies' Want To Carve Up Telecom." Network World. Dialog Magazine Database, 039436. 12 Sept. 1994, 37. Horowitz ... , Mark. "Finding History On The Net." American Heritage. Oct. 1995, 38. Laberis, Bill. "The Price of Freedom." Computerworld. Dialog Magazine Database, 036777. 25 Apr. 1994, 34. Messmer, E...

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... proceed if you feel you might be offended by its content. Should this type of website be available to young children, or should kids have the right to surf the net free of fear? An act has been passed requiring public libraries to filter content that may be harmful or offensive. That act is the CIPA, Children's Internet Protection Act. The ... the filtering software would take precedence and shut down the browser. As a matter of fact the computers issued to students in this Digital Arts program here at Thompson Institute have a net filter installed on them. This very filter has made man...

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... communication on the Internet (Bender). This movement has granted censors the right to pick at the Internet as they please. Unfortunately for society, this act was passed by "an admittedly Net-illiterate Congress" (Quittner). The problems with the Internet and censorship are caused mainly by the pornographic sites. Parents do not want their children to see smut. To prevent this, many ... , led by John Lindsay of Kingston University, attempted to replicate reports and accidentally find things, and failed (Lindsay). A person not looking for these sites is relatively safe when surfing the n...

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... of earlier activities, any problems can and usually have rectified themselves (Affonso). When kids control the medium, they often develop faster. If fact, "most kids who spend time on the "net aren't taking time away from their homework, hanging out with friends, playing soccer or learning the piano. To date, the main victim of the ... "net is television." Most kids are learning, developing, and thriving in the digital world (Tapscott). Computers do not have to be good or evil. They can be used in many different ... ...

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... sexuality without fear of being unaccepted. Suicide rates among young homosexuals are high when compared to heterosexuals. A study at The University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) (http://www.camh.net/crosscurrents/crosscurrentsv6no2/research_update.html) stated "suicide attempts among homosexuals is three times higher than that of normal males: 12 percent compared to 3 or 4 percent -- and that those killing themselves ... ...

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