— Americans for Separating Adult Content —

News.com put out a call for suggestions on how to protect kids online. (1)

I always wonder what “protecting kids online” means since it is used so loosely and so often with hidden agendas. John Stossel recently stated that we don’t have to worry about our kids being kidnapped, wrongly in my opinion. (2) After all are child predators any better than kidnappers? (3)

Anyway I am always glad to see the news trying to sort out this topic. Unfortunately they rarely do a thorough job and often create more falsehoods by their lack of research when it comes to the real issues of how to protect children online.

Although I agree that parents must take responsibility for what their kids see online, I also think that the governments and corporations need to do more.

There are tons of free adult content sites online. This free content is used to lure users (and ultimately children) to adult sites.

I would like to see a law that requires adult content purveyors to require a credit card before passing out their content. This would at least make it much more difficult for under aged visitors to get access to adult content.

As far as I’m concerned, companies that make pornography accessible to children are no better than child pornographers.

1. Call for Ideas
2. Worry in America
3. Child Predators Online