Also, there is no contact link. Although there were many sites that appeared on the search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Excite, many sites could not be accessed. According to staff at the Computer Sciences Engineering lab at the University of Florida, there are no monitoring devices that control access to certain sites in the school computer labs. However, the libraries on the University of Florida campus have such monitoring devices. One staff member said filtering may take place from within the service provider, such as AOL or Netscape, or through search engines.
Some people place blame on the modern family structure, education and the media.
The most recent and documented example of the Internet's ability to influence minors in criminal activity is the story of Columbine. They planted over 30 homemade bombs throughout the school and surrounding area. Information on bomb-making, and the necessary ingredients, are even more accessible than guns in the United States, said John Magaw director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, in a CNN article. In another Columbine story by CNN, it was revealed that Internet played an even larger role in Eric Harris's motives. Harris targeted a former Columbine student, Brooks Brown on his personal Web site.