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Help for Victims of Pornography
Mainstream Films
Internet Service Providers
Software Products
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Help for Victims of Pornography
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Please note: Morality in Media is in no position to determine what organization, professional, clergy, or treatment is best for each individual.


Mainstream Films
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Note: Movie reviews, even from a religious perspective, vary in terms of what is deemed acceptable and unacceptable. You must choose those that are compatible with your own values.

Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that screen pornography
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Note: No ISP can guarantee that you or your children will never be exposed to any Internet content that is offensive or harmful. Inclusion in the list below does not mean that Morality in Media endorses or guarantees a particular ISP.

Suggestions for Families Who Are Choosing a Server-Based Filter
Our friends at Focus on the Family say that you should examine potential filtered services by looking for a few specific things (From "Suggestions We Give Families Who Are Choosing a Server-Based Filter" by Steve Watters for Citizen Link webzine located at www.family.org. Copyright (c) 1998 by Focus on the Family, Colorado Springs, CO 80995. All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.):

  1. Examine the price. Many ISPs provide server filtering as a value-added service and therefore offer it for free, or at least at a very affordable price.
  2. Test the speed. ISPs that filter their service through a proxy may run a little slower, but some companies have worked to speed up the process.
  3. Examine the filtering focus. Each company has a philosophy for filtering. Some have tight filters and others have loose filters. Some companies are even reluctant to share their filtering philosophy.
  4. Find out if the serivce is customizable. Some companies will take a "one size fits all" approach and give the same filtered service to all of their customers. You may want to be able to block more than the company blocks or may want to override some of the sites that are blocked by mistake. Ask if your service can be customized.
  5. Find out if the service blocks or monitors additional features such as e-mail, chat rooms, or newsgroups. Some server-based filters only monitor the Web and overlook other dangerous areas of the Internet.
  6. Find out if you can report additional bad sites. Many filtered services "deputize" their customers and encourage them to report questionable sites in order to build their list of blocked sites.
With this information in mind, here's a list of ISPs that provide screening: Additional Resources:
Software products that screen pornography
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Note:No screening technology can guarantee that you or your children will never be exposed to any Internet content that is offensive or harmful. Inclusion in the list below does not mean that Morality in Media endorses or guarantees a particular screening product.
Organizations
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Note: Inclusion of an organization in the list below does not mean that Morality in Media agrees with or endorses all of the concerns, focuses, methods, proposals, approaches, assertions, beliefs, etc., promoted by the organization.

1. Pro-Decency Organizations (National Focus) Back

2. Pro-Decency Organizations (State or Local Focus) Back 3. Pro-Decency Organizations (Internet Focus) Back 4. Religious organizations with concern about morality Back