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Originally posted by DnPowerful
This is not an issue that good parenting will solve--it's completely beyond parental control (or pretty close). Clearly, the easy availability of hard core porn for all of society's members is not an ideal, and blaming parents just won't do. |
I just don't agree. If you don't have time to monitor what you're child is doing and viewing -- then you shouldn't have made the time to have a child. If you don't have the time to watch where your child is going online -- then your child shouldn't be getting online until you can. If your child is viewing porn in schools or libraries -- then you need to complain until they put parental blocking software in their systems and refuse certain search terms, words, phrases,
et cetera.
Can you watch what your child is doing at all times? Of course not. Should porn be in the reach of children? Of course not.
But unless the porn site is using deceptive advertising to deceive and attract children and minors (which includes false search terms, etc.) there should be no reason why a child should find a porn site.
If you've setup their e-mail addresses to filter certain words and phrases then there should be no reason that they'd receive a porn message by e-mail either, unless the porn site used deceptive advertising.
Why should a legit company be penalized because a parent is too lazy to setup or learn about how to use software (that doesn't always block everything but does a good job) to block the things they don't want their child viewing.
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Originally posted by DnPowerful
In California, there has been a huge movement to go after Internet pornographers on the basis of decency laws, and it's starting to sting. So many sites now have no nudity on their "front doors"... |
This is common courtesy and a good practice. There should be a message on the front page of a website that explains what is contained within and what to expect. There should also be a notice for anyone under 18 not to come through. If the child goes through anyway, it's not the porn site's fault (unless they have a push-and-pull script to redirect the user to the main page without allowing them to choose first). It's the parent's fault for not establishing what's right and wrong and not providing the proper amount of attention towards what their child is doing.