Should virtual/simulated child porn be illegal?
453456
Yes, because children should not be portrayed as sex objects...simple as that.
1024734
There are children that surf this site.  "Adult content" means anything that you would not want your 8 year-old reading.
151628
I don't agree with censoring certain things.  Personally, I don't like rotten.com, so I don't go there.  It's not my thing, but I don't see any reason to take it away from people who enjoy it.  I supervise my child online, so she doesn't see things like this.  But, I do think that there should be some age verification in place for sites like this one.  Most of them rely too much on the honor system for my liking.  \n\nI don't mind adults having access to adult themes and abult subjects online, but I think that parents do need a little help with keeping kids away from it.  The majority of the responsibility falls on me, as a parent; but I'd like some safeguards from the company as well.
1025686
Yes.  For Some sex offenders it is a violation of their parole / probation to be on the internet at all.  Some Hackers have also been banned from the internet.
742298
hellz yeaz....its enough to make you blush!\n\nPersonally, I think  that as long as you don't have child porn on there then you're okay...if they give you a funny face cause they saw al your naughtiness on you computer, just give them a wink and comtinue with god knows what you're doing at the time.
259140
I think the best prevention of children getting a hold of porn is for parents to give more of a s*** what goes on in their children's lives. There is a such a thing as content filters, and damn good ones. I know.\n\nThe best defense against porn is not in the hands of the government. The government already has too much on its plate to be messing with something else it cannot control.\nWhen this information is gathered...what do the plan to do to enforce it?\n\nGovernment shouldn't mess around in places unless they can prove they  have a good enough reason to. Furthermore, government should not be messing in people's private lives unless they have adequate means in which to take action against what they want to monitor-children access to porn included.\n\nI am so angry that parents do not give enough of a s**** of their kids that the government has to mess around in this sort of thing. Our parents or guardians are supposed to be our mommy and daddy, not some big impersonal institution such as the government.\n\nWhat is Americal doing?  It's going to hell in a hand basket if it doesn't wake up.  We as a people do not have any power any more. If we would just do what we are supposed to do in our private lives we wouldn't have to let the government take control of our lives. Would we???\n\nSide note: The best use of the information that Google, Yahoo, MSN or other search engines hand off to the government is for...government officials to j*** off.
549763
I think it is illegal to send across State lines in the USA. There was a case where a person sent pornographic images to another person here in Tennessee from another state. The person was arrested there. This was not child porno but the person that sent it was a entity. A company. so for individuals it may not be the case. Sorry I can not be of any help just my thoughts only.
421931
Because porn comes from so many different sources, both amatuer and professional, that enforcing this law would be almost impossible.  Not to mention, how are you going to enforce this law in places out side of the US? Especially when you consider that not all places and people consider porn to be morally wrong.\n\nOn a side note,I have recently heard a rumor saying that ezekielsdreams has achieved one of the lowest possible scores on a recent IQ test.  Initially, I dismissed this rumor as nothing more then rumor, however after seeing his statement above I am beginning to wonder...
248479
It is very tricky to answer. Yes it's a hard situation (no pun intended) the learning sites have routes to porn. Remember, the bill of rights was invented with no concept of internet and stuff, to stop the people posting the sites, you might be asking to tamper with our basic freedoms. This is an interesting topic.
1173330
Yes, it'd be better if children were prevented from such events, because they may not truly understand the implications of sex, and fetishes, etc.\nst
297867
Yeah. At least if they (ads) are adult-themed, vulgar or inflamatory. Chat rooms shouldn't be censored, however I think chatroom controllers should create chatrooms separately for adults and children, this way there is less interaction between them and thus less of a chance for pedophiles to contact children.
489481
I think that many more people fantasize about illegal acts than actually do those things. In this, the Internet seems like a safe place to allow those fantasies some room. But for some of those people 'playing' at it, it starts to seem more and more possible. And their fantasies start to cross the line from mental games to actual crimes.\n\nI don't think it should be a crime for some poor slob who is otherwise a straight arrow to flirt with a 45 year old vigilante posing as a 13 year old. And I do think any 13 year old who actually flirts with an on-line predator has some measure of guilt also.
468360
no.\n\nmyspace is not intended for pornography. the people in control of it should crack down on nude photos, but otherwise, it's the responsibility of the user to keep his or herself safe. users should have enough sense not to post pictures, clothed or nude, and not to post age, sex, location, IM, email address, etc. anyone who chooses to do so does this at his or her own risk. \n\nparents should do a better job teaching their children. children should never post personal information or pictures on the internet. they should also be taught not to talk to strangers on the internet, just like they are taught not to talk to strangers in person.\n\nlast but not least, myspace has a terms of services agreement that clearly states, "MySpace.com is not responsible for the conduct, whether online or offline, of any User of the Services."
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The greatest strength of the internet is that no-one can control the content.  The issuing of site names is controlled by a number of organizations, but the actual content of sites is not (there is just far too many pages for anyone to check).\n\nMuch of this content is hosted in countries where regulators look the other way. \n\nControl can only be done by getting companies to stop hosting such sites, or, by use of filters by your internet provider or on your own computer.\n\nA number of financial istitutions currently have an initiative to refuse to process payments to such sites.  However, that does not help with the huge numbers of free sites or sites using other payment schemes.\n\nWhile there are very, very few people who would disagree with banning child pornography sites, the problem then becomes where do you draw the line?\n\nChina is seeking to control access for political reasons.\n\nCertain other countries seek to impose controls for religious or cultural reasons.\n\nMany large corporations would like be able to ban content that infringes their trademarks or intellectual property.  Again it is easy to sign up to banning counterfeiting or piracy, but how do you stop the banning of legitimate consumer complaints? \n\nIts a very difficult line to draw.
427186
I believe it is just illegal if it involves children, death, or REAL rape.
66186
The system isn't illegal, no.\n\nHowever, if you distribute/or download copyright-protected media, that is illegal. That's basically abusing the principle of Peer-2-Peer and other File Sharing programs.
1131112
everything online is unsafe for all ages.  you are exposing yourself to a variety of preditors.  You have to be smart, and you have to be cautions.  for children they can easily be fooled by a sexual predator pretending to be a kid also and since kids tend to want to fit in and can be more pressured to doing things they are more preditors for kids online.  if you are going to put you child on a page like myspace as long as you explain all the rules and montor what they are doing a child should be safe.