The technical resources guide to the web. Now it's the Internet. As a solid member of the websurfing community since the rise of local BBS sites in the late eighties, frankly, I'm sick of it. These are understandable concerns. They do not, however, excuse the rising push to cripple the Internet with a snarl of filters and laws and restrictions.
Every parent has the option to apply their own filters and their own rules.
Even more importantly, every parent has the ability to monitor their child's usage, and to rationally discuss anything which might be viewed as unpleasant. And if all else fails, a computer can be switched off. Leave that chatroom. Delete that e-mail without reading it. Avoid that site.