Protecting kids on the Web Pornography on the Web is never more than a few clicks away. While mainstream business continues to debate the merits of going online, pornographers have never had any hesitation.
Internet porn is big business and here to stay.
Many suggest the UK should take the US example and introduce entrapment to catch Net paedophiles in chatrooms, but vehement opponent and civil liberties advocate Avedon Carol says entrapment has a major flaw. Britain is ignoring its pledge to protect children on the Net. The UK has led the way in Europe in the battle against child pornography, but the fight against paedophiles who use the secretive nature of the Internet to hide their gruesome trade continues. ZDNet's Jane Wakefield reports in part 2 of our Web of Porn Special. In America the debate between free speech advocates and the bible belters has long raged around the issue of pornography and censorship.