Children and the Internet Although the U.S. created the Internet in the 1960s as a communications tool for the military, it was not until after the government opened it to the public in the late 1980s that the Internet became a unique communications phenomenon. Nobody could predict the speed by which people all over the world grabbed onto this new form of technological communication. In 1995, there were an estimated 56 million Internet users worldwide; by 1999, …showed first 75 words of 1811 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1811 total…Landmarks: A Process Reader Scarborough, Ontario: Prentice Hall Allyn and Bacon Canada, 1998: pp. 149-153 "Canadians Call For Internet Regulation." Newsbytes News Network, 12-23-1997, pp 23-24 Sheremata, Davis. "Smut on the Internet." Vol. 22, Alberta Report / Western Report, 05-01-1995, pp 19. "Internet Freedom." Online. Oct 3 1998. http://www.netfreedom.org/uk/nofmain.html Yaman, Akdeniz. "The Regulation of Pornography and Child Pornography on the Internet." Online. 3 October 1998. http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/internet/97_1akdz/contentf.htm