Internet child pornography

There is no doubt that child pornography on the Internet is a serious and escalating problem. Some estimates are that up to 20 percent of pornography on the Internet involves depictions of minors, 90 percent of whom appear to be under the age of 12 years. Some offenders have been arrested with collections of up to one million images. The role of the Internet in fueling the problem of child pornography is enormous. Prior to the Internet, child pornography was typically locally produced, of poor quality, expensive, and difficult to obtain. U.S. law enforcement officials were able to boast in ...