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TABLE 14.1 | Youth, Pornography, and the Internet | Dick Thornburgh and Herbert S. Lin, Editors | Committee to Study Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content | Computer Science and Telecommunications Board | National Research Council


Table 14.1
An illustration of mutual reinforcement


  Impact on suppliers of inappropriate material Impact on potential consumers of inappropriate material


Social/Educational Strategies Business decisions and ethics (e.g., ISPs can choose to refrain from carrying USENET newsgroups with a large amount of child pornography) Teach children to make choices to stay away and to target searches more precisely to reduce chances of inadvertent exposure; teach parents how to educate their children about these strategies and to monitor what their children are doing online.

Technology-based Tools Labeling material so that parents and others can easily ascertain the appropriateness of that material for their children Help guide children to appropriate sites and help to prevent access to inappropriate sites, consistent with parental values and preferences

Public Policy Shape the environment by reducing deceptive practices (e.g., mousetrapping, spam, capturing of misspelled web sites) Provide support for social and educational strategies (e.g., new standards of learning for K-12, outreach to parents to educate them about the Internet)




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