In response to latest COPA decision, Morality in Media President Robert Peters says First Amendment was not intended to provide a license to sell smut without any legal obligation to restrict children's access
Internet’s new ‘XXX’ district won’t protect kids and may exacerbate other pornography related problems
LETTER FROM MIM PRESIDENT TO U.S. COMMERCE DEPARTMENT, MARCH 2007
Children Are Only A Few Clicks Away From Being Exposed To Pornography on MySpace.com
Why are so many teens accidentally encountering on-line pornography?
Reason No. 1: Failure to enforce obscenity laws
The Kaiser Family Foundation says that seventy (70%) of teenagers "have accidentally come across pornography on the Web." MIM replies: "The biggest failure of responsibility lies with federal and state prosecutors who turn a blind eye to obscenity on the Internet."
Best way to stop 'porn spam' is to enforce Internet obscenity laws
MIM comments on Sen. Charles Schumer's anti-'porn spam' bill.
The World's Largest 'Adult' Internet/Audiotext Show--
And What a Show It Was
Morality in Media's Robin Whitehead attended the trade show of the Internet pornsters in New Orleans recently. Here's her report.
What can I do about 'porn spam'?
MIM frequently receives e-mails asking, "What can I do about the junk e-mail with links to pornographic Web sites?" Our Stop Porn Spam page has some suggestions.
Attorney who Suggested Creation of COPA Commission Gives High Marks to Some of its Key Recommendations
The attorney who recommended the creation of a commission to study ways of protecting children from accessing harmful sexual material on the Internet, strongly praised some of the key recommendations in the commission's final report.
Congress Passes the Child On-Line Protection Act
The Child On-line Protection Act (COPA), passed by Congress and signed into law by President Clinton in October 1998, is one step in a long line of victories for decency that Morality in Media has helped achieve.
MIM Supports Internet Filtering in New York City Public Libraries
MIM President Bob Peters gave these remarks to a hearing of the Youth Committee of the New York City Council in support of a Council Bill to requiring filtering of Internet links computers at public libraries in New York City.
Minors' Access to Pornography on the Internet Through Library and School Computers
Librarians have historically exercised discretion in selecting materials for inclusion in local libraries. Why, then, do most public libraries refuse to use screening technology to block minors' access to pornography? Some thoughts on the topic recently given by MIM President Robert W. Peters at a public forum in New York City.
MIM replies to 'The Net and Children'
The Dec. 1 issue of Internet World News, a trade journal, ran an essay by Robert Hertzberg entitled, The Net and Children: A Point of View. Mr. Hertzberg writes that he found "on my home PC, ... as graphic a representation of sex as you could have found it in the sleaziest adult bookstore in the world. ... I don't consider myself a prude and I don't think pornography is evil. But I am a parent, and I shudder to think of the impact these images would have on my children, ages nine and seven, had they been near the PC when this site downloaded." MIM has sent this letter to the editor in reply to Mr. Hertzberg's essay.
ObscenityCrimes.org marks first anniversary with more than 26,000 reports
Reports on ObscenityCrimes.org cross the 20,000 mark
Visitors to Morality in Media’s ObscenityCrimes.org Web site have filed more than 20,000 reports of pornographic Web sites since the site went live in June 2002.