The estimated current number of new Internet users is 811,000 per day . 2 Internet-related complaints will grow from 640 per year in 1993 to 188,000 this year. An estimated 10.5 million kids are now online. An estimated 45 million kids will be Online by 2002. Nearly a third of youth, ages 16-17, are online 5 or more hours per day, often unsupervised.
Child abusers prey upon more than one million kids, worldwide, every year.
The assault rate for youth under age 12 is also greater than for adults. Substantiated cases averaged 15 per 1000. Think again . 1. CNN, Computer Industry Almanac 2. InterGov Office of Public Information 3.