Part 3. Innocence in Danger.
Keywords
Internet communication, sexual abuse, pedophilia, child pornography, hate sites, prongs.
Vocabulary
vulnerable, pedophilia, pedophile, anonymity, lure, allude, pornography, desensitize, contraband, bigotry, intolerance, cult, law enforcement, prong, predator, crackpot, empower, innocence in danger.
Here is an interview on Internet safety, especially for children. Listen carefully, complete the summary.
Internet communication can be dangerous for adults, and children are even more vulnerable.
Homayra Sellier and Parry Aftab work with an organization called innocence in danger. It is a world citizen's movement to protect children from sexual abuse and pedophilia on the Internet.
Parry, it would seem that in the United States, there would be lots of laws protecting children against abuse on the Internet.
Well, there are laws to protect children from abuse online and offline, they apply equally in both places.
The problem is that children use the Internet and far more often know more about it than their parents do.
But, the things we usually use to teach our children how to stay safe in shopping malls, and on streets and in life, don't ordinarily apply online, because parents just don't understand it well enough to set the rules,