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“Protecting Our Children from Internet Smut: Moral Duty or Moral Panic?”
Julia Wilkins’ article Protecting our Children from Internet Smut: Moral Duty or Moral Panic? which appeared in the September/October issue of The Humanist is an argument for the idea that the media (epically magazines) fuels unnecessary mass hysteria over issues such as pornography on the internet. Wilkins feels that magazines such as Newsweek and Times have caused the public to worry about children being exposed to pornography via the internet based on incorrect statistics and false studies published by unreliable parties. ... ” In 1996 Exon and Coats sponsored the Communications Decency Act, which made it illegal to transmit pornography over the Internet. ... She feels that while pornography is present on the Internet, that it is not easily accessible to children since a credit card is required for access in most cases. She also points out that parents should be responsible for monitoring what their children are viewing on their computers and that the children being exposed to inappropriate material on the Internet are likely the ones who are going out looking for it.
Approximate Word count = 779
Approximate Pages = 3.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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