Stopping Child Pornography on the Internet By Dr. Laura Berman - Posted Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 1:19 pm PDT

1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 1:24 pm PDT

great article dr. b! everybody needs to take a stand on this tragic issue!! visa and mc should be ashamed.....

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 1:48 pm PDT

Dr. Laura, thanks for the recent topics about child sexual abuse. We need more public awareness and advocacy to fight this atrocious but very real issue plaguing our society. Our children are our future!!

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 3:25 pm PDT

Dear Dr Laura, There should not at all Chlid pornography. Why Pornography after all. Pornography is not science. It should be banned at all level whether it is child or adult. Adults are not getting anything from it except false excitement. SCIENTISTS SHOULD FIND SOME WAY THIS TYPE OF WEBSITES NOT TO BE CREATED.I read about the persons act in the pornonographic films. How they are tortured.Engaging the persons in pornographic films is not less crime than utilising women for prostitution.People from western countries should think of why 80% of pornographic films are from Russia and America. These are not only affecting their country, but other nations also. That is why, Parenting become a hard-task job than give birth to baby. Please think of Americans and Russians. You have greater responsibility in this world. Please do not forget that body is all things, there is mind also. Let's go higher in our mind to abolish our bodily lust.

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 3:26 pm PDT

THERE IS NO PUNISHMENT FOR PROMOTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. wHY?

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 3:38 pm PDT

This topic is very disturbing, but must be discussed in order to do our best to eradicate sites with child pornography/abusive content. I will check out the link and also contact Visa & Mastercard. Thank you for speaking out about the dirty little secret the credit card companies are keeping to make an almighty buck!

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6. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 4:01 pm PDT

I'd like to say that I agree with Dr. Berman. I think these major credit card companies should have penalties for allowing these pedophiles to set up that kind of web site. I also feel as though they should be held responsible for these children being exposed. Due to there negligence our children are not safe or secured. So now my question How seriously are they taking these kind of acts? If we can still find sites offering payment options threw major credit cards.

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7. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 5:13 pm PDT

Great article, Dr. B!!! really puts things into perspective.... I don't understand it... Child Pornography is ILLEGAL yet they say it's out there still. Once in a while, on the news, people using the sites get busted... but I have yet to hear of the MAKERS of child porn being busted!!!

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8. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 5:45 pm PDT

Interesting article. I'll start by acknowledging child porn is a horrific crime. But since it's a crime, it's a police responsibility to track down & verify. I doubt it's obvious to Visa/MC what every transaction is for. Like they might know I gave Olive Garden some $ the other nite but they don't know what I paid for. IMO Visa/MC shouldn't be responsible for tracking down criminal activity, incl child porn sites. If Visa/MC or citizen Kane suspects illegal activity, they should report it immediately. Obviously, once the FBI shows a certain site has illegal activity, Visa/MC should pull their payment capability immed. On the other hand, Visa/MC could pay employee(s) to track down illegal activity, report it to the authorities, and then cash in on the good PR.

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9. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 6:07 pm PDT

#8... I get your point, catnap... I'm sure it doesn't say "Child Porn" on the bill anywhere and that the names of the sites do not indicate what the content is.

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10. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 6:10 pm PDT

I just cut my Mastercard! Dr. Berman, thank you for bringing this to our attention.

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11. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 6:11 pm PDT

Hey cat... I need a favor... Can you send me a test e-mail??? I think my mail isn't working and I was expecting an important mail today but have gotten nothing but ads!!!!.. Thanks!! (to my home one.. please!)

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12. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 6:56 pm PDT

Good topic, Dr. Berman, thanks for being real enough to address some of these tough, but real, issues, as well as the "fun stuff"! Kudos!

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13. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 7:17 pm PDT

Dr. Berman - how is it that you feel you are not promoting child pornography when your site is just ONE SIMPLE mouse click away from a young person who may innocently be reading their horoscope? Not all pornography or damage done to children is from pictures or physical touching - reading material that is not age appropriate can warp their delicate psyches and give them a distorted sense of sexuality as well. Perhaps not all your topics are pornographic in the legal sense, but those who post on them make them VERY MUCH pornographic and worse, just as they did Billie Fitzpatrick's blog before you took her spot in the "lime light", so to speak.

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14. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 7:20 pm PDT

#4 - A simple answer ..........capitalism!!

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15. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Tue, Aug 28, 2007, 7:23 pm PDT

If a child is so young that you'd worry about what they come across on the Internet, then they should be monitored while on the computer and have only age-appropriate sites available to them.

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