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If you have issues viewing or accessing this file, please contact us at NCJRS.gov. ; + . kS> "\ ) ' ~ 3 Ik 199147 _ i~ \ l 7, , - , ~-~ ' ,t~. -; ' f ";. 9 . -.-.-.a, ~ ,..1' ' q,"- ' ' ~ , , II "%-< "'q k,7.' ,'l ,",' ,--,--4,,v ," , .>---'.. --, '~ .... r I-" " ~, , t__-k ' - ........ -'---~> ' ',,', " " W__j'~ J ; .... -- ~' i TECHNICAL, BUSINESS, AND LEGAL DIMENSIONS OF PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM PORNOGRAPHY ON THE INTERNET PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP Committee to Study Tools and Strategies for Protecting Kids from Pornography and Their Applicability to Other Inappropriate Internet Content Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences National Research Council Board on Children, Youth, and Families Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education National Research Council and Institute of Medicine PROPERTY OF National Criminal Justice Reler~nGe $~iGe {NCJRS) ~3ox 6000 .~,~..~--....... ,q.ockville, MD 20849-6000 NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Washington, D.C. 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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sci- ences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal gov- ernment. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the Na- tional Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in provid- ing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering com- munities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. Win. A. Wulf are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council. COMMITTEE TO STUDY TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR PROTECTING KIDS FROM PORNOGRAPHY AND THEIR APPLICABILITY TO OTHER INAPPROPRIATE INTERNET CONTENT RICHARD THORNBURGH, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Chair NICHOLAS J. BELKIN, Rutgers University WILLIAM J. BYRON, Holy Trinity Parish SANDRA L. CALVERT, Georgetown University DAVID FORSYTH, University of California at Berkeley DANIEL GEER, @Stake LINDA HODGE, Parent Teacher Association MARILYN GELL MASON, Independent Consultant MILO MEDIN, Excite@Home JOHN B. RABUN, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children ROBIN RASKIN, FamilyPC Magazine ROBERT SCHLOSS, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center JANET WARD SCHOFIELD, University of Pittsburgh GEOFFREY R. STONE, Univers!ty of Chicago WINIFRED B. WECHSLER, Independent Consultant st, fy HERBERT S. LIN, Senior Scientist and Study Director GAIL PRITCHARD, Program Officer (through June 2001) LAURA OST, Consultant JOAH G. IANOTTA, Research Assistant JANICE SABUDA, Senior Project Assistant DANIEL D. LLATA, Senior Project Assistant (through May 2001) iv COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS BOARD DAVID D. CLARK, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chair DAVID BORTH, Motorola Labs JAMES CHIDDIX, AOL Time Warner JOHN M. CIOFFI, Stanford University ELAINE COHEN, University of Utah W. BRUCE CROFT, University of Massachusetts at Amherst THOMAS E. DARCIE, AT&T Labs Research JOSEPH FARRELL, University of California at Berkeley JEFFREY M. JAFFE, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technologies ANNA KARLIN, University of Washington BUTLER W. LAMPSON, Microsoft Corporation EDWARD D. LAZOWSKA, University of Washington DAVID LIDDLE, U.S. Venture Partners TOM M. MITCHELL, Carnegie Mellon University DONALD NORMAN, Nielsen Norman Group DAVID A. PATTERSON, University of California at Berkeley HENRY (HANK) PERRITT, Illinois Institute of Technology BURTON SMITH, Cray Inc.. TERRY SMITH, University of California at Santa Barbara LEE SPROULL, New York University JEANNETTE M. WING, Carnegie Mellon University Staff MARJORY S. BLUMENTHAL, Director HERBERT S. LIN, Senior Scientist ALAN S. INOUYE, Senior Program Officer JON EISENBERG, Senior Program Officer LYNETFE I. MILLET1~, Program Officer CYNTHIA PATTERSON, Program Officer STEVEN WOO, Program Officer JANET BRISCOE, Administrative Officer DAVID PADGHAM, Research Associate MARGARET HUYNH, Senior Project Assistant DAVID DRAKE, Senior Project Assistant JANICE SABUDA, Senior Project Assistant JENNIFER BISHOP, Senior Project Assistant BRANDYE WILLIAMS, Staff Assistant V BOARD ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES EVAN CHARNEY, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Chair JAMES A. BANKS, University of Washington DONALD COHEN, Yale University THOMAS DEWITT, Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati MARY JANE ENGLAND, Washington Business Group on Health MINDY FULLILOVE, Columbia University PATRICIA GREENFIELD, University of California at Los Angeles RUTH T. GROSS, Stanford University KEVIN GRUMBACH, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital NEAL HALFON, University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health MAXINE HAYES, Washington State Department of Health MARGARET HEAGARTY, Columbia University RENI~E R. JENKINS, Howard University HARRIET KITZMAN, University of Rochester SANDERS KORENMAN, Baruch College, City University of New York HON. CINDY LEDERMAN, Juvenile Justice Center, Dade County, Florida VONNIE McLOYD, University of Michigan GARY SANDEFUR, University of Wisconsin-Madison ELIZABETH SPELKE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology RUTH STEIN, Montefiore Medical Center Liaisons ELEANOR E. MACCOBY (Liaison~ Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education), Department of.Psychology (emeritus), Stanford University WILLIAM ROPER (Liaison, IOM Council), Institute of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Staff MICHELE D. KIPKE, Director (through September 2001) MARY GRAHAM, Associate Director, Dissemination and Communications SONJA WOLFE, Administrative Associate ELENA NIGHTINGALE, Scholar-in-Residence JOAH G. IANNOTTA, Research Assistant vi Preface In response to a mandate from Congress in conjunction with the Pro- tection of Children from Sexual Predators Act of 1998, the Computer Sci- ence and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) and the Board on Children, Youth, and Families of the National Research Council (NRC) and the In-