Child Porn Is Fasting Growing Internet Industry

Gee! This blog is getting to be a blog about sexual issues. I am going to get off of this topic soon. I hope.

Child porn, this means pornographic pictures of babies as young as newborn in sexual poses, is the fastest growing industry in America. Can God's justice not be far behind?

And you know as well as I do that it is not just some older skid row bums with bad breath and 6 day old beards that do this stuff. This is the stuff of starched white shirts and club ties. This is the stuff of young female teachers in our public schools. This is your postman and your beauty shop operators.

It is not prosecuted because everybody is tainted. The judges are freaks. The cops are freaks. The senators are freaks. The pastors are freaks. The scout leaders are freaks. How can they stand up in outrage if they themselves are compromised?

No, you will get little or no help from the establishment in any quest to eradicate this plague. They have all read their bibles enough to know that only "he who is without sin" can cast the first stone. And in the meantime, the believing wide eyed children are ravaged and raped and murdered as the country goes, "oh my!"

Child porn has been allowed to grow to a multi-billion dollar industry. It has political clout, and as such, this alligator cannot be swatted with a fly swatter. It will require champions. Knights in armor who forsake all in order to expose and deal with this sickness. Thank goodness that there are a few of these men left in America.

The digital age has made this moral poison available in the dark closets of American family homes. It is instant and addicting. The abusers that are being arrested are almost always found to have child porno in their possession.

Since 1997 the number of porno sites on the internet has increased 1500% This is pandemic. Around the world.

Here is a copy of the report I received that set me off on this tangent today.

Press Release

CHILD PORN AMONG FASTEST GROWING INTERNET BUSINESSES

ALEXANDRIA, VA, November 9, 2005 Within only a few years, child pornography has become a multi-billion dollar commercial enterprise, and is among the fastest growing businesses on the Internet. Through the use of digital and web cameras, child pornography has become easier and less expensive to produce. Distribution on the Internet has facilitated instant access by thousands and possibly millions of individuals throughout the world. The ability to use credit cards to purchase child pornography has made it easier than ever to obtain.

Arrests in the United States for the possession of child pornography, during a one-year period from 2000 to 2001, produced alarming results. According to investigators, the majority of those arrested had images of children who had not yet reached puberty. Specifically, 83% had pornographic material that involved children between ages of 6 and 12; 39% had material involving children between ages 3 and 5; and 19% had images of infants or toddlers under age 3.

The ease and anonymity of using home computers has revolutionized accessibility as well as the production and distribution of child pornography, especially across international borders, said Ernie Allen, President and CEO, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The fact that child pornography can be purchased using a credit card, or traded at no cost on the Internet, is causing an exploding global problem and an immeasurable impact on the sexual exploitation of children.

The exact number of Web sites is difficult to determine. Since 1997, the number of child pornography images on the internet is estimated to have increased by 1500%. It is estimated that 100,000 child pornography Web sites exist on the Internet, and that number may being increasing. NCMECs congressionally mandated CyberTipline received 21,603 reports of child pornography in 2001, and in 2004 it received 106,176 reports a 491% increase over a four-year period.

Child pornography is illegal in most countries. The possession and/or distribution of child pornography is a federal crime in the United States. It is estimated that 20% of all pornography on the internet involves children. Traditionally, we have viewed pedophiles as the users and distributors of child pornography, said Allen. However, we are shocked to learn that the consumer market for child pornography is growing and becoming much broader. Younger and younger children are being victimized, and the content is becoming more graphic and more violent.

Child pornography is defined as the visual image of infants, toddlers, and children under age 18, in sexual poses or in explicit sexual activity. These are not adults dressed up as children. Many images depict violence such as bondage, rape, or torture. Although most pornographic images are of girls, the number of boys is increasing.

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization. Established in 1984, NCMEC works in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justices Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to provide services for families and law enforcement.

The NCMEC website, www.missingkids.com reaches a global audience with a multi- lingual database of images and information on missing children, prevention tips, and free resources. NCMEC also operates a 24-hour nationwide hotline 1-800-THE-LOST, and a 24-hour tip line, www.cybertipline. Since 1998, the CyberTipline has received more than 355,000 reports of child exploitation (including 323,000 reports of child pornography).

CONTACT:
Communications Department
NCMEC
703-837-6111