HOUSE OF HOPE

March 1, 2002

TEENS

AND THE

INTERNET

Prepared by Donna Rice Hughes, Presentation copyrighted

Overview

 Internet Dangers (vs. Benefits)  Access to Pornography  Cyber-Sex & Addiction  Pedophiles’ Access to Children  An Overview of Preventative Solutions

INTERNET ACCESS (As of September 2001)

*143 million Americans (54 % of the population) have Internet access *90 % ( 47.4 million) of children between the ages of 5 and 17 use computers at home or school *75% of teens ages 14-17 use the Internet *65% of preteens ages 10-13 use the Internet (Source: CNN report, 2/7/02, Commerce Department Study)

INTERNET DANGERS

(A tool used for good or evil) 1.Free and easy access to inappropriate and illegal content in homes, schools, libraries, businesses and churches: -Pornography (child porn, obscenity, harmful to minors) -Violence -Bomb-making -Hate speech 2. Predators have easy and anonymous access to unsuspecting kids

THE CYBERSEX INDUSTRY

 Online pornography is the first consistently successful e-commerce product (C-net, 4/28/99)  Forbes Magazine reports Internet porn at $1.5 billion (Forbes, 6/14/99)  Commercial porn sites post free “teaser” images to entice the viewer  Deceptive marketing tactics and mousetrapping technologies

Youth and Internet Porn

 9 in 10 kids ages 8-16 yrs have viewed porn online, mostly unintentionally, and when using the Internet to do homework (News Telegraph, NOP Research Group, 1/17/02)   70 % (95%) of 15-17 year olds have accidently stumbled on porn online. 55% were not upset/45% were very or somewhat upset  2 in 3 (young persons ages 15-24) say being exposed to online porn could have serious impact on kids under age 18.

 59% think seeing pornography on the Internet encourages youth to have sex before they are ready (Kaiser Family Foundation study, 2001)

UNINTENTIONAL ACCESS

•Misspelled Words- (shareware vs. sharware) •Innocent Searches- (toys, boys, pets, etc) •Stealth Sites- (whitehouse.com

; coffeebeansupply.com; teenagershideout.com; http://clothingcatalog.com; watersports.com) •Brand Name Misuse (Disney, Nintendo, Barbie, Levis, etc) •Unsolicited E-mail- 30% of all spam is from pornographers •Chat Rooms & Instant Messages

Pornographer’s Use of Brand Names

• 26 popular children’s characters, such as Pokemon, My Little Pony & Action Man, revealed thousands of links to porn sites • 30% were hard-core (Envisional 2000) • • 25% of porn sites are estimated to use popular brand names in search engine magnets, metatags and links- Disney, Nintendo, and Barbie (Cyveillance Survey, 1999)

COFFEEBEANSUPPLY.COM

(Hijacks)   Free Teaser Images in each Category Animal ****; ; stories; gay; anal; www.sex.com; oral;alt.sex; sex.com; teen; pictures; gals; pics; chicks; indian; black; with animals; stories; interracial; pictures preteen; teenage; etc ; adult; cartoon; dog; live; phone; hot; pics; lesbian; group; hardcore; asian;

ONLINE OBSCENITY

  Watersports.com – – Photos of women urinating Live streaming video Boys.com

-Hijacks to “Man Alert: Leading Gay Content Site” -Photos of gay sexual activity

YAHOO! and CHILD PORN

 Yahoo’s Clubs, Members Directories and Geocities sites host child porn and encourage child sex abusers  Yahoo! Family Incest Club  Yahoo! Rape Club  Yahoo! Incest Directory  Yahoo! Child Pornography Crimes Directory

HARMS

* Affects attitudes, choices and behavior *Demeans children, women and men *Counterfeit for love, intimacy & commitment *Distorts God’s plan for sexual intimacy

CYBER-SEX COMPULSIONS

 MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study, 2000 – – 60% of all web-site visits are sexual in nature – Sex is the # 1 searched word online – 25 million Americans visit cyber-sex sites between 1-10 hours per week. Another 4.7 million in excess of 11 hours per week . – Men & Women Keep Cyber-Sex Habit Secret 70% MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study, Washington Times 1/26/ 00)

STUDENTS & CYBERSEX

 Students were most at risk for cybersex compulsions  Due to a combination of increased access to computers, more private leisure time, & developmental stage characterized by increased sexual awareness & experimentation. (All stats from MSNBC/Stanford/Duquesne Study, 2000)

CYBER-SEX & CHRISTIANS

 17.8% of born-again Christians have visited a pornographic website (Focus, March 2000)  51% of pastors say cyber-porn is a possible temptation. 37% say it is a current struggle Today, Leadership Survey,12/2001) (Christianity   4 in 10 pastors have visited a porn site Leadership Survey,12/2001) (Christianity Today, None are immune, “If you think you can’t fall into sexual sin, then you’re godlier than David, stronger than Samson, and wiser than Solomon.” (Pastor Bill Perkins)

Stages of Sex Addiction

Stages of Sex Addiction -Objectification Desensitization -Addiction (drug of choice; skinner box effect) -Acting out ( public safety issue)

Levels of Sex Addiction

    1 -Fantasy, Pornography, Masturbation 2 -Live Porn, Fetishes, Affairs 3 -Minor Criminal Offenses, Prostitution, Voyeurism, Exhibitionism 4 -Severe Legal Consequences, Molestation, Incest, Rape – (“When Sex Becomes An Addiction”, Stephen Arterburn)

PREDATORS ONLINE

•Pedophiles’ & Predators’ Anonymous Access to Children •Easy Access to Child Pornography •Virtual Validation •Virtual Molestation •Trade Secrets & Teaching Tools • Avoidance of Law Enforcement Detection

Child Pornography

 345% increase in child pornography sites between 2/2001 - 7/2001 (N2H2 press release, 8/01)  New child porn sites at rate of 8/day (N2H2 press release, 8/01)  Over 100,000 child porn web sites (Red Herring Magazine, 1/18/02)  Revenue estimates range from $200 million – $1 billion per year (Red Herring Magazine, 1/18/02)

Child Porn Spam Increase

* Coming from overseas-where prostitution and sexual slavery of women and children are epidemic *“Hello Dear Friends… I have portal of best underage sites in my collection. I like to photograph little girls and boys….” *Children at risk -less careful online -use chat rooms where their email addresses are collected by unknown people -increases chance of kids viewing spam sent to them by email (NCMEC, Pioneer Press, 12/17/01)

Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation’s Youth

 1 in 5 received sexual solicitation or approach in last year  1 in 33 received AGGRESSIVE sexual solicitation (Asked to meet, called them via phone, sent mail, money or gifts)  25% of youth who received sexual solicitation told a parent   Less than 10% of sexual solicitation and 3% unwanted porn exposure reported the incident to authorities (Sample of 1,501 youth ages 1-17 who use Internet regularly)

Who are the perpetrators?

 Juveniles  48% of overall solicitations  48% of aggressive solicitations  Adult solicitors  Most of the “adult” solicitors were ages 18 25  24% of solicitations  34% of aggressive solicitations

Profile of Internet Pedophile

 Middle-aged male professionals – – Corporate executives; retailers; building trade 25% have regular contact with kids  Teachers, Coaches, Priests (Westchester Pedophile Sex Sting, new yorkmetro.com, 2002)

TOOL OF TODAY’S PEDOPHILE

• 1 in 4 kids participate in Real Time Chat Survey, 2000) (FamilyPC • 13 million youth use Instant Messaging reported in JAMA, 6/01) (Pew Study • 89 % of sexual solicitations were made in either Chat rooms or Instant Messages (Pew Study reported in JAMA, 2001) • 1 in 5 children who use Chat rooms have been approached by pedophile online (Telegraph.co.uk. 1/02)

Youth Ignorance Factor

 Children ages 7-17 who surf the net, if asked online, would: – – 29% would freely give out home address 14% freely give email address (Telegraph.co.uk. 1/02)

Child Sexual Exploitation

 325,000 U.S. kids (17 & younger) are prostitutes, perform in porn videos or other commercial sexual exploitation (University of Pennsylvania study, 9/01)   2 in 5 abductions ages 15-17- Due to Internet Online sexual solicitation growing at rate of 1000% per month (San Diego Police Department)

MISSING CHILDREN

 Children are reported missing at rate of: – – – – – 750,000 kids per year 62,500 kids per month 14,423 kids per week 2,054 kids per day 85 kids per hour – –

OR 3 kids every 2 minutes

(Source: National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 4/3/00)

PORNOGRAPHY- Tool used by Pedophiles

 to arouse the child,  to lower the child’s inhibitions,  to demonstrate to their victims what they want them to do,  to communicate that a particular sexual activity is okay.

PREVENTION: THREE- PRONG SOLUTION

•A shared responsibility between the Public- Parents, Schools, Libraries, Businesses, Churches Technology Industry Legal Community- Law Enforcement & Public Policy •Each provides an essential layer of protection

PUBLIC PRONG

ROLE OF PARENTS, TEACHERS, & LIBRARIANS Awareness, education and empowerment -Safety Rules and Software tools- Both are essential, one without the other is ineffective -Schools and libraries must take appropriate measures to protect kids online. Acceptable use policies must be combined with filtering software. (CIPA passed 12/00)

Parents and the Home

43% of children who have visited x-rated sites sais they do not have rules about Internet use at home (Time/CNN Poll, 2000) 62% of parents are unaware that their children had accessed objectionable sites

(Yankelovitch Partner Survey, 9/30/99)

 1 in 2 parents don’t use protective software 2000) (FamilyPC,  58% prefer parental guidance instead of protective software (SafeKids/NetFamilyNews, 2001)

PUBLIC LIBRARIES

Public Libraries had 82 million Internet sessions- annual porn incident rate of between 400,000 and 2 million Access, 2000) (Dangerous The pedophile monitoring group PedoWatch.org has confirmed that on-line pedophiles are telling each other to use public libraries to download child pornography (Lake Oswego, Oregon) 7,000 porn sites accessed in 2 days in Chesterfield, Va’s 9 public libraries . Board of Supervisors voted to filter all terminals (June 2001)

TERRORISTS

  Encryption communication used by Bin Laden and al-Queda to hide maps, terrorist targets & activities in sports chat rooms & porn bulletin boards. (U.S. officials, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9/16/01) Terrorists used Florida public library terminals to access Internet. (Sun Sentinel 9/01)

Filtering in Schools

 90% of public schools are connected to the Internet (President Bill Clinton, Democratic National Convention, 2000)  1 in 4 parents think their child’s school is using protective software (FamilyPC, 2000)  75 % of schools use filtering (Consortium for School Networking, 2001)

SAFETY RULES

• Keep the computer in a public area and monitor Internet use • Spend time online with your children • Know your child’s online friends and activities • Teach your children never to give out personal information such as their name, school, address, phone number or picture • Instruct your child never to plan a face-to-face meeting with someone that they have met online

SAFETY RULES

(CONTINUED)  Do not allow your children to have an online profile  Only let your children in chatrooms under your close direct supervision  Only let your children use instant messaging with people you know and approve  Utilize protective software tools  Report Cybercrime to Cybertipline

TECHNOLOGY PRONG

WHAT CAN THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY DO?

•Develop technological solutions •Implement technological solutions •Corporate family friendly policy •Choose not to offer newsgroups offering child pornography & obscenity •Cooperate with law enforcement

TECHNOLOGY TOOLS

 Desktop solutions - filtering, monitoring (Predator Guard)   Server based filtering- (FamilyClick) “Go lists/Suggest lists” - (Internet Kids & Family Yellow Pages)  Closed white lists- Pre-approved sites  Safe Search Engines - (AJKids.com)  Content Rating - (ICRA)  Filtering solutions are not 100% effective

Server based Real-time Scan Multiple access levels Daily Human Review Mail Block Filtered E-mail Anti-Spam Customer Support

Family Click Yes Yes 6 Yes Proprietary Yes Yes 9a-9p EST Surf Watch No No On/off Yes No Limited No 9a-9p EST Cyber Sitter No No On/off Yes No Limited No 8a-4p PT $20/2 years Cyber Patrol No No No Yes No No No 8a-6p CT Net Nanny No No On/off No No No No $2.95 per minute

Acting Out

 11/98- 11-year-old Josh had been looking at graphic violent porn on the Internet for 20 minutes immediately before stabbing 8-year-old Maddie Clifton to death.  6/29/98- 13-year-old (boy) was in the Phoenix Burton Barr Library viewing porn on the Internet. He followed 4 year old into the bathroom and asked the younger boy to give him oral sex. (Dangerous Access 2000)

LEGAL PRONG

GOVERNMENT & LAW ENFORCEMENT •No Internet obscenity prosecutions under Reno •Aggressive enforcement of current laws (child porn, obscenity, child stalking laws) •Federal, State, & Local cooperation •Law enforcement training •The public should not have to shoulder the burden of protecting against illegal content and criminal activity

Operation Avalanche

(August 6, 2001)  Largest online child porn ring busted  250,000 subscribers  Operated out of Fort Worth  100 subscribers arrested  Owner sentenced to 1,335 yrs  DOJ, US Postal Inspector Service and Dallas Police joint effort

Legislation in the Courts

– Child Online Protection Act (COPA) Adult verification required on porn sites-ACLU, ALA challenge-enjoined – Child Pornography Protection Act computer-generated child porn. Supreme Ct to hear Fall 2001 Extend law to include – Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Requires Schools & Libraries to filter-ACLU & ALA challenge – 63% of 15-17 yr olds favor CIPA (Kaiser Study, 2001)  New Laws and Rulemaking: Spam, Deceptive Marketing Tactics, Mousetrapping

RESOURCES

 FamilyClick.com ( Affinity partnership)  Sex Addiction Resource List  Kids Online: Protecting Your Children in Cyberspace (English, Korean, Spanish)  Web Wise Kids- Missing Game  www.protectkids.com

– – Abbreviated version of Kids Online Resources for parents, educators, gov’t officials – Reporting cybercrime-CyberTipLine

SPIRITUAL BATTLE

 Satan cannot create or procreate… attack on human sexuality  Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, powers, forces of darkness & spiritual forces of wickedness.Take up the full armor of God to resist in the evil day and having done everything to STAND FIRM.

(Ephesians 6:1-19)  Greater is He who is in you, than he who is in the world.

(I John 4:4) Take back the ground.

Sexual Brokeness & Healing

 Idolatry- worship of body and sexual organs  Confession, Repentance, Accountability (2 Chron. 7:14)   Strongholds- deal with original woundedness and lies.

“For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments &every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,”2 Cor. 10:4

Challenge

 Deal with issue in our own lives and family. -Prevention and/Deliverance/ Restoration  Encourage prevention- Rules and Tools  Minister to others in the body who are struggling. (1 Cor. 12:26, If one member suffers, all suffer…)  Intercede for the Body of Christ-Stand in the Gap