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Child Predators on the Internet Statistics

Millions of Dr. Jekeylls and Mr. Hydes may have a key to your diary, and you've given it to them: Internet Memo

"The diary-like blog sites, or 'spaces,' on the Web make it easy for children and adults alike to post their electronic diaries. Potentially 750 million readers could read these daily journal entries. Federal authorities believe that at least 500,000 to 750,000 predators are online on a daily basis, constantly combing through these blog sites..." - By Clint Van Zandt MSNBC analyst & former FBI profiler

• Nine out of ten children aged between eight and sixteen have viewed pornography on the Internet. In most cases, the sex sites were accessed unintentionally when a child, often in the process of doing homework, used a seemingly innocent sounding word to search for information or pictures. - London School of Economics, January 2002

• Pornographic web pages now top 260 million and growing at an unprecedented rate. - N2H2, 9/23/03

• 345% increase in child pornography sites between 2/2001-7/2001. - N2H2 press release, 8/01

• Sex is the #1 searched for topic on the Internet. - Dr. Robert  Weiss, Sexual Recovery Institute, Washington Times 1/26/2000

•1 in 5 (children) received a sexual solicitation or approach in the last year.

•1 in 33 (children) received an aggressive sexual solicitation (asked to meet, called them via phone, sent mail, money or gifts).

•25% of youth who received a sexual solicitation told a parent.- Online Victimization, NCMEC, June 2000

•A new web site appears every 22 seconds, more than 3,900 new sites every day. Today at least 85 of those new sites will be selling commercial pornography." - WebChaperone Fact Sheet, Webco International

 • The survey found that 90% of teens and young adults have gone online, and that half (49%) of those online plug in once a day or more. Three out of four young people (74%) have access at home, and nearly one in three (31%) has access from their own bedroom. - The Kaiser Family Foundation in consultation with International Communications Research, 2001

• Parents rely mostly on personal observation and setting guidelines for their children's Internet access. One in two parents do not use any blocking or filtering software. - Family PC Survey, August, 2001

• 60% of all web-site visits are sexual in nature. - MSNBC/Standford/Duquesne Study, Washington Times, 1/26/2000

• 26 popular children's characters, such as Pokemon, My Little Pony and Action Man, revealed thousands of links to porn sites. 30% were hard-core. - Envisional 2000

• 44 percent of children polled have visited x-rated sites or sites with sexual content. Moreover, 43 percent of children said they do not have rules about Internet use in their homes. - Time/CNN Poll, 2000

• Pornographers disguise their sites (i.e. "stealth" sites) with common brand names, including Disney, Barbie, ESPN, etc., to entrap children. - Cyveillance Study, March 1999

• The majority of teenagers' online use occurs at home, right after school, when working parents are not at home. - Arbitron New Media Study, October 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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