ChristiaNet.com (http://www.christianet.com), the world's largest Christian portal with twelve million monthly page loads, recently talked with a parent who surfed through several pages of one of the largest social networking sites. "Thinking these sites were kid safe websites, I clicked on a picture that leads to a blog. I never expected to see hard core porn images. There was no censorship what-so-ever," stated Mary, the concerned parent. "I never had to enter a login or register. I just clicked my way through offensive material! As a Christian, mother, wife, and woman, I would never again visit a site like this, nor would I allow my husband or children to participate."
To substantiate claims from this and other pro-active parents, ChristiaNet conducted their own test. The results revealed that with surprising ease, children can access pornography through these advertised kid safe websites. Ten user profiles were accessed on one of the most popular sites and 186 pornographic images, 52 counts of cursing, 14 links to porn directories, and multiple references to drugs, racism, Satanism, and violence were found.
Many parents may be unaware that their children have access to hard pornography through seemingly innocent social websites. The number of pre-teens, teens and young adults using social networking online is increasing by 160,000 users daily - according to web news sources. Social networking sites are a place where users may post personal information about themselves including photos, videos and music. Users can send mail, instant messages and write comments on each other's pages. If parents believe that children are safe from adult content within the cyberspace walls of the largest social networks which promote to children and teens, they may want to take an eye-opening look at the reality of what's posted on these pages.
In an effort to educate parents about social networking sites, ChristiaNet's president, Bill Cooper advised, "Parents should place the home computer in an open area within the house and install monitoring software to keep tabs on what children are seeing. As much as we want agencies that promote to children to act with responsibility, it's ultimately up to parents to control what their children are being exposed to." For more information, visit: http://christiannews.christianet.com
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