The Internet was new and relatively unexplored territory until a few years ago. At first, it was used primarily as an educational tool. Otherwise cautious parents raced to get their child "hooked up" to this exciting technology. However, parents are slowly learning that through the Internet, pornography has invaded their homes. The electronic revolution has made pornography more accessible, bringing decadent and hard-to-get images into the home. The   expansion of computer databases on the Internet has provided the greatest access till date to sexually explicit images accessed by both adults and children. 

Research has established that on-line Pornography plays an accessory role in negative social issues such as child abuse, violence against women, rape, inequality, relationship and family breakdown, youth crime, promiscuity and  sexually transmitted diseases. Parents today have a legitimate concern about what their children will be exposed to and the damage online pornography can do.

Statistics reveal that Pedophiles (adults engaged in sexual crimes against children) have easy access to children through the means of Internet......

• "Child molesters are using the electronic superhighway to look for victims.
• The Internet is the pedophiles' playground, because it affords them anonymity, and they can use newsgroups, chat rooms, and e-mail to exchange information about child pornography and interact with children.
• There are computer bulletin boards set up specifically for the seduction of children. They lure kids in with games and establish relationships with them on-line. Then they arrange to meet face-to-face.
• Chat rooms and instant/private messages are two main tools pedophiles use to contact children on-line.
• Pedophiles use the Internet to share "trade secrets," i.e. how to change identities, forge passports, and smuggle children.
• Pedophiles use the Internet for "virtual validation" of their activities within their circles of fellow pedophiles, so they feel accepted and consider their sexual interest in children normal.

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