I would like to take this opportunity to emphasize the important difference between the internet in itself, and its contents. These are two completely different things. Child pornography is quite unacceptable but that does not mean that there is anything wrong with Usenet News, or the Internet. It is a very small part of the contents of the Internet that is unacceptable, not the Internet which is an excellent tool for communication. The fact that when debated, the Internet is frequently being confused with its contents may unfairly give it a bad reputation.
Internet is an advanced form of mass media, like TV or magazines.
And there are, for instance, child pornografic magazines, but that does not mean that there is anything wrong with magazines in general, or the very concept of publishing magazines. Please make the same distinction when it comes to the Internet.