- WASHINGTON (Sapa-AFP) --
The number of pornography pages on the Internet has exploded to 260 million,
or some 1 800 percent more than five years ago, according to a study released
on Tuesday by a Web filtering company.
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- The Seattle, Washington-based firm N2H2 said its study
highlights the growing problem of online porn for workplaces, government
agencies and schools.
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- N2H2 said its database contained 14 million identified
pages of pornography in 1998, so the growth to 260 million represents an
almost 20-fold increase in five years.
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- The company noted that a search in Google on the word
"porn" returned over 80 million pages, and "xxx" returned
more than 76 million.
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- N2H2 said some the sites are deliberately registered
to take advantage of spelling or typographical mistakes when web users
try to obtain a legitimate page.
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- The Department of Justice recently launched the first
prosecution for registering the names Teltubbies.com and Bobthebiulder.com
to pornography sites, misspelling the names of cartoon shows Teletubbies
and Bob the Builder.
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