(and in some cases wireless radio connections) in a web of networks and

shared software. This allows users to communicate with one another

wherever they are in the "net." This Internet link began as the United States

military project Agency Network Advanced Research (ARPANET) during

the Vietnam War in 1969. It was developed by the United States

Department of Defense's (DOD) research people in conjunction with various

contractors and universities to investigate the probability of a communication

network that could survive a nuclear attack. For the first decade that the

Internet was in existence, it was primarily used to facilitate electronic mail,

support on line discussion groups, allow access to distant databases, and

support the transfer of files between government agencies, companies and

universities. Today over 15 million people in the United States and

approximately 25 million people worldwide access the I

to increase from the current 10 million to 20 million (6). In addition to home

are then urged to inform law enforcement officials. In view of the rules of

level, the World Wide Web poses clear dangers to children. These children

enter the twenty first century. Portelli and Mead state by the year 2002, the

dominated by teens and younger children, posing as a child of similar age.

been the center of tragedy and the subject of scrutiny. In 1997 Michael

broad word "children" will be condensed to contain two age groups --

middle school children lied about their age, or sex while chatting on-line (E1).

accessing the Internet. The word "children" is somewhat ambiguous

video games (1E). Considering this statement one can conclude that it is these

and telling them to have a good time. These "cyberchildren" are vulnerable to

World Wide Web and what it has offer. Douglas Ruhoff observed in a 1996

curriculum was over sixty percent. There were over nine thousand public

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