Child Pornography

There are few subjects that can stir up the feelings of revolt, disgust and anger that are brought about by the topic of child pornography.

1. It is a federal crime to knowingly possess, manufacture, distribute, or access with intent to view child pornography.
2. Child pornography renews feelings of guilt, shame, fear and self-hate in the victims of childhood sexual assault.
3. Child pornography encourages adults who would sexually abuse children to act on desires they may have found ways to otherwise control.
4. Recent reports from law enforcement authorities show that 42% of child pornography victims are pubescent, 52% are prepubescent, and 6% are infants or toddlers.
5. Sexual predators often use child pornography in the commission of sexual abuse crimes as a tool to groom their victims.
6. Child pornographers are often participants in the human trafficking or slavery business.
7. Child pornography is a major business online and generates large amounts of money for pornographers.
8. There are 116,000 Gnutella (the most popular file sharing network on the internet) "child pornography" requests every day.
9. There are over 100,000 websites offering illegal child pornography on the internet today.
10. Many children's character names, such as Pokemon, are linked to thousands of internet porn sites.