Regulation of Cyber-Porn Clint Evers The Internet, that vast network of computers which increases in popularity seemingly daily, provides access to mass quantities of information and hence knowledge. At the same time, however, it is becoming inundated with activities that, by many, have been deemed offensive. It is becoming apparent that unless users of the Internet enact some kind of self-regulation, control by an outside organization will be necessary. The category of material that receives the most attention is pornography.
Pornography is a topic that is very difficult to define legally.
In fact, so many different definitions exist throughout the United States as well as throughout the world, that enacting a reasonable code to govern its distribution electronically is going to cause much controversy. Certainly, many types of pornography exist, and the variety that is most obvious is pictorial pornography. Graphic pictures can be found in many places on the Internet. Pictures that range from depictions similar to those found in popular men's magazines, to pictures involving sexual acts with children. While most people would agree that the latter should be banned from circulation, numerous people might objext to the removal of the former.