The Internet has fueled the world’s economy and the availability of information that can be communicated in a much quicker fashion. From banking, betting, buying, and selling, it can all be done over the Internet. Another aspect of the Internet is the availability to seeming nearly invisible, that is, anonymous. A person of any age will do things on their computer that they may be too shy to do when surrounded by others, peers or strangers. One such activity is the viewing of pornographic material. The pornography market has exploded since the induction of picture viewing and video streaming over the Internet.

In some countries, pornography on the Internet has become big business. Asian countries, like China, South Korea, and Japan, total revenue of nearly 75 billion dollars. Compare the population of South Korea to the $25+ billion in revenue made each year, and the per capita income is over $500. In Japan the per capita is $150+ per person. The United States follows behind Asian countries, making an approximate total revenue of 15 billion dollars per year on Internet pornography.

Searches in major search engines, such as Google and Yahoo, are littered with pornographic terms. The keyword “Sex” was keyed in over 75 million times in 2006. Other top terms entered into popular search engines make well over 300+ million searches a year. It is estimated every second that 350 people are searching through pornographic keywords and nearly 30,000 people are viewing adult content on the Internet.

And who are these people viewing pornographic material? In the United States, it is split near even between men and women entering these terms. While 80% of these people are old enough to view pornography legally, there are still children under the age of 18 viewing pornographic material. Nearly 20% of all adult search terms are keyed in my children.

With nearly 15% of the Internet being flooded with adult content, it is hard to avoid. There are things we should be doing to prevent children from finding this material, though.

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