The debate on internet porn rages on
A new movie has come out called Traffic Control: The Peoples war on internet porn and it is all about the 3rd time strike down of COPA and the new rules being proposed on Internet sites that might have anything construed as porn called the “Internet Community Port Act”.
Traffic Control is a feature-length, made-for-DVD documentary film that takes viewers on a journey of opinions, experiences, and perspectives from people across America on the topic of Internet pornography and how easy minors and business employees have access to it. The film captures a controversial and important debate around First Amendment rights, society’s obligation to protect children from unwanted and graphic Internet content, and an alternative solution called the Internet Community Port Act that could change the Internet as we know it. Source: Traffic Control
What is interesting about the “Internet Community Port Act” is that it basically makes channels for the content of the internet with the proverbial internet red light district. If ICANN would stop shutting down the ability to have a .xxx domain, and asking or enforcing porn sites to the .xxx domain then this might stand a chance.
Face it, the internet has a lot of porn on it, its part of the day-to-day internet surfing experience regardless of what you are searching for. Like any other web site on the internet, you have the teaser and you have the paid content. Anyone with a keyboard and a pulse can find internet porn, regardless of the “war on porn.” Jurisdictions don’t matter, can’t find what you want in an American internet site then go to an European internet site where things are a lot more relaxed.
Regardless of the moral stance on this one, there are ways of keeping kids safe on the internet, channels might be one of them, a dot xxx domain might be another way, the key to this is that it is a community issue in many ways. The values that people have and the desire to keep porn out of the house or off the computer, as well as just how clever kids and adults can be in circumnavigating restrictions on the internet. There is no one single answer, and the movie traffic control raises some interesting thoughts on the subject. It is well worth taking a look at.
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