Under the direction of the European Commission a group of Internet and Telecoms companies launched a new website to help teachers identify dangers children may encounter online. This isn't child protection - by the time a teacher notices a child looking at something it is too late.
Businesses also struggle to keep pornography and other resource-sucking material out their environment. Business Weekly has a story of an employee who viewed pornography after signing a web usage agreement. He was warned that if he did it again he'd be fired. Less than a month later his boss caught him watching four videos of hard-core pornography. He was fired on the spot.
The employee said he couldn't help himself. Dave Greenfield, a psychotherapist who treats porn addicts says the Internet at work makes it too easy. "The peak hours for Internet porn use are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. You've got the ease of access. In some cases, it's like the company putting a six-pack on an alcoholic's desk, and saying, 'Here, don't drink it.'"
Schools, businesses, and homes can only deal with pornography or dangerous content after it has entered their environment. At that point, it is often too late. We need to give teachers, employers, and parents and the ability and choice to completely keep this material out of the hands of their students, employees, and children.
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