The Children's Internet Protection Act was designed to protect children from both offensive and dangerous Internet sites. The American Library Association. Emily Shekketof, the head of the Association, acknowledges that there is a problem, but says that filtering is not the answer. Of course, that great enemy of democracy, The American Civil Liberties Union, has gotten into the act, joining with the Library Association to challenge the Children's Internet Protection Act in federal court. Pornographers are not the only problem.
Sexual predators are very active on the Web.
This is not an isolated incident. Sick people by the thousands lurk in Internet chat rooms, sometimes posing as teenagers, trying to lure children into meeting them. They target lonely kids, and those who by their comments in the chat rooms seem to be alienated from their parents. Surprisingly, few parents monitor their children's chat room activities. Children are not the only ones at risk.